The role of quality improvement in strengthening health systems in developing countries

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-243

  Leatherman, Sheila ^a   Ferris, Timothy G ^b   Berwick, Donald ^c   Omaswa, Francis ^d   Cris, Pnigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^d African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Healthcare systems; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955074443     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq028     Document Type: Article

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