Kevin Croke and colleagues consider how demand for quality health systems can be made a political and public priority to drive change in low and middle income countries
The root causes of gaps in quality of care in the health systems of low and middle income country generate considerable debate, and opinions differ about how to tackle these gaps. The debate is illustrated by three important reports published in 2018.123 The consensus view of major global health institutions is well captured by the 2018 report from the World Health Organization, World Bank, and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, which emphasised technical strategies to improve system quality such as changes to payment systems, adoption of new technologies, and scale-up of facility level quality improvement interventions. This approach is consistent with most published evidence in the quality improvement field, which explicitly or implicitly takes the same approach. The Lancet Global Health Commissio
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New Delhi: Some 2.4 million Indians die of treatable conditions every year, the worst situation among 136 nations studied for a report published in The Lancet. Poor care quality leads to more.
An industry driven by products, transactions, and long processes; it can be easy to overlook the essence of healthcare: the provision of care from one person to another. Globally, there is a growing commitment to elevating the patient experience and to move healthcare away from simply a focus on disease treatment and healthcare access, to