The degree to which health services for individuals and populations increases the likelihood of desired health outcomes that are consistent with current professional knowledge is known as the:
a. care delivery quotient.
b. excellence index.
c. quality of health care.
d. standard of care.
C
Quality of health care is defined as the degree to which health services for individuals and popu-lations increases the likelihood of desired health outcomes that are consistent with current pro-fessional knowledge (Lohr, 1990).
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