Title :
Standardization and Health Care
Author :
Brown, J.H.U. ; Loweli, DeWitt James
Author_Institution :
Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Rockville, Md. 20852.
Abstract :
In order to deliver reasonable health care to all people, it is essential that standards be established. Standards vary with the type of control and with the approach desired in determining the quality of care. This paper discusses various kinds of standards and their application in the health care field. Standards may be determined as a process or as a direct regulation. It is probable that regulation of standards by process is the most satisfactory method.
Keywords :
Communication industry; Mass production; Measurement standards; Medical services; Reproducibility of results; Security; Size control; Standardization; Standards organizations; Yarn; Delivery of Health Care; Government Agencies; Health Facilities; Organization and Administration; Quality Control; Technology, Medical; United States;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1972.324135
