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structure-process-outcome quality measures  

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  • Avedis Donabedian (1919–2000), a physician and professor of public health at the University of Michigan, first proposed the conceptual model of assessing the quality of healthcare using structure-process-outcome measures in the 1960s. Donabedian's model continues to be widely used for evaluating quality within healthcare. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Structure-Process-Outcome Quality Measures]

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