In response to the demand for a method of assessing outcomes, accrediting organizations and other government and commercial groups have developed quantitative measures of quality that consumers, purchasers, regulators, and others can use to compare health

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The sentence states that "quantitative measures of quality" have been developed, which suggests that the answer relates to assessing and measuring quality. The phrase "performance measures" directly fits this description, while the other answer choices pertain more to the establishment of standards rather than the evaluation of outcomes.

In Response to the Demand for a Method of Assessing