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Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. It is based on evidence-based professional knowledge and is critical for achieving universal health coverage.
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Quality of care is one of the most frequently quoted principles of health policy, and it is currently high up on the agenda of policy-makers at national, European and international levels (EC, 2016; OECD, 2017; WHO, 2018; WHO/OECD/World Bank, 2018).
- Reinhard Busse, Dimitra Panteli, Wilm Quentin
- 2019
- 2019
- Universal Health Coverage and Quality: A Global Commitment
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The overarching aim of UHC is for all people who need health services to receive high- quality care without financial hardship. Quality health services (promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative) is thus embedded within the definition of UHC. Even with increased access to services, health improvements can remain elusive unless ...
Quality health services are a product of both the wider health systems environment and the actions of providers and individuals working within the system. WHO, OECD and the World Bank have proposed a series of actions from key constituencies – governments, health systems, citizens and patients, and health workers – that need to work together to ach...
WHO is working with Member States and partners to ensure that quality of health services is a key component of making UHC a reality. Specifically, WHO is: 1. supporting countries in the development, refinement and implementation of national quality policies and strategies for an integrated approach to quality health services; 2. working with partne...
The theoretical definition of healthcare quality that emerged from our analysis is: Healthcare quality is the provision of effective and safe care, reflected in a culture of excellence, resulting in the attainment of optimal or desired outcome.
- Angela Allen-Duck, Jennifer C. Robinson, Mary W. Stewart
- 10.1111/nuf.12207
- 2017
- 2017/10
May 11, 2022 · Quality of care is largely determined by how well health services apply the latest evidence-based professional knowledge and practice. In turn, this affects the likelihood that individuals and populations will achieve their desired health outcomes.
Definition. Health care quality is the degree to which health care services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. [2] . Quality of care plays an important role in describing the iron triangle of health care relationships between quality, cost, and accessibility of health care within a community. [3] .
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Quality healthcare often means striking the right balance when providing healthcare services by avoiding overuse (e.g., unnecessary tests), underuse (e.g., missed blood pressure screening), or misuse (e.g., prescribing of drugs with harmful interactions).1
