Strengthening the quality agenda in health care in low- and middle-income countries: Questions to consider

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 553-557

  Ruelas, Enrique ^a,b   Gómez dantés, Octavio ^c   Leatherman, Sheila ^d   Fortune, Triona ^e   Gay molina, Juan Gabriel ^f  

^a National Academy of Medicine   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e The International Society for Quality in Health Care   (Ireland)

^f Tecnología e Informática   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Quality management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84869424477     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs061     Document Type: Article

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