Crossing the quality chasm in resource-limited settings

Globalization and Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Maru, Duncan Smith Rohrberg ^a,b,c   Andrews, Jason ^a,g   Schwarz, Dan ^a,b,c   Schwarz, Ryan ^a,b,c   Acharya, Bibhav ^a,d   Ramaiya, Astha ^a   Karelas, Gregory ^a   Rajbhandari, Ruma ^a,b   Mate, Kedar ^b,e,f   Shilpakar, Sona ^a  

^a Bayalpata Hospital   (Nepal)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Global health; Health system; Quality improvement; Resource limited

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLICY MAKING;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; INVESTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STANDARD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84870160556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-41     Document Type: Review

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