Implementing quality performance standards in public health is important because:
1. They are used to guide improvement in the public health system.
2. They rigidly control public health.
3. Administrators will not monitor public health at the local level, but instead at the national level.
4. They can be used as hiring guidelines for nurses.
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These standards were developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1998.
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