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ACCOUNTING for the COSTS of QUALITY
1993Total quality management (TQM) represents a paradigm shift in the organizational values that shape every aspect of a healthcare provider's activities. The TQM approach to quality management subscribes to the theory that it is not the work of employees of an organization that leads to poor quality; rather, it is the poor design of systems and procedures.
J D, Suver, B R, Neumann, K E, Boles
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AGILE 2006 (AGILE'06), 2006
Using data from more than 80 development projects, this paper attempts to answer the question: how much effort should be invested into code quality? It is shown that a "quick and dirty" approach is actually preferable in some situations. Volatility of requirements, expected breadth of usage, customers' defect tolerance, cost of defect fixing and system
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Using data from more than 80 development projects, this paper attempts to answer the question: how much effort should be invested into code quality? It is shown that a "quick and dirty" approach is actually preferable in some situations. Volatility of requirements, expected breadth of usage, customers' defect tolerance, cost of defect fixing and system
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Cost of quality: The hidden costs
Total Quality Management, 2000(2000). Cost of quality: The hidden costs. Total Quality Management: Vol. 11, No. 4-6, pp. 844-848.
Suresh Kumar Krishnan +2 more
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2015
This chapter deals with the fundamentals of quality costing. The measurement and management of quality costs is an interesting issue for several reasons. First of all, quality costing is a cost management tool which requires a strong integration of accounting with other specialisms.
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This chapter deals with the fundamentals of quality costing. The measurement and management of quality costs is an interesting issue for several reasons. First of all, quality costing is a cost management tool which requires a strong integration of accounting with other specialisms.
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Hidden quality costs and the distinction between quality cost and quality loss
Total Quality Management, 2001Thus far, it has been usual to distinguish quality costs as prevention, appraisal and failure costs. In this paper, we propose that prevention, appraisal and failure are not the only quality costs. There are other hidden costs that are identified in this paper.
Georgis Giakatis +2 more
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Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1995
Quality improvement continues to be a major concern for many companies despite (and no doubt because of) recent adverse trading conditions. Yet it often takes place without a full formal evaluation of the possible expenditures involved. Computer simulation offers an attractive means of rectifying this common oversight.
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Quality improvement continues to be a major concern for many companies despite (and no doubt because of) recent adverse trading conditions. Yet it often takes place without a full formal evaluation of the possible expenditures involved. Computer simulation offers an attractive means of rectifying this common oversight.
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JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 1987
Present day fiscal pressures dictate the need for balancing nursing costs and quality concerns. This article presents logical and organized methodologies for interrelating quality compliance, patient volume, and nursing resource consumption and determining the costs associated with the delivery of quality nursing care.
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Present day fiscal pressures dictate the need for balancing nursing costs and quality concerns. This article presents logical and organized methodologies for interrelating quality compliance, patient volume, and nursing resource consumption and determining the costs associated with the delivery of quality nursing care.
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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 1994
Discusses quality costing as part of an overall Total Quality Management(TQM) strategy and describes and analyses a practical quality costing exercise. Argues that quality costing exercises can provide considerable opportunity to be more efficient whilst enhancing the quality of patient care.
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Discusses quality costing as part of an overall Total Quality Management(TQM) strategy and describes and analyses a practical quality costing exercise. Argues that quality costing exercises can provide considerable opportunity to be more efficient whilst enhancing the quality of patient care.
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Time to add screening for financial hardship as a quality measure?
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2021Cathy J Bradley +2 more
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