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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