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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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Oct 1, 2016 · India’s health care sector provides a wide range of quality of care, from globally acclaimed hospitals to facilities that deliver care of unacceptably low quality.
- Manoj Mohanan, Katherine Hay, Nachiket Mor
- 2016
Jul 20, 2020 · Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with evidence-based professional knowledge.
Feb 19, 2021 · Introduction. Most governments in developed countries want to ensure their populations have accessible, high quality, affordable health care.
- Jennifer Dixon
- 10.1186/s13584-021-00448-y
- 2021
- Isr J Health Policy Res. 2021; 10: 15.
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
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.
Quality of care, accessibility and affordability of health care services, medicines and diagnostics are a challenge. There are also differences in health outcomes between states.
