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What are the advantages and disadvantages of restructuring a health care system to be more focused on primary care services?

World Health Organization.

Governments are searching for ways to improve the equity, efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness of their health systems. In recent years there has been an acceptance of the important role of primary health care in helping to achieve these aims. However, there have been no systematic reviews on pr...

Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Primary Health Care/organization & administration, Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration, Patient Satisfaction/statistics & numerical data, Health Services Accessibility/organization & administration, Europe

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Are disease management programmes (DMPs) effective in improving quality of care for people with chronic conditions?

World Health Organization.

Chronic diseases account for most of the burden of disease in the European Region. Although there are effective interventions for the management of various chronic conditions, there are also wide practice variations in the delivery of care. DMPs are one of the measures intended to address this situation....

Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration, Chronic Disease/therapy, Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, National Health Programs/organization & administration, Europe

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How can hospital performance be measured and monitored?

World Health Organization.

Measurement is central to the concept of quality improvement; it provides a means to define what hospitals actually do, and to compare that with the original targets in order to identify opportunities for improvement....

Quality Indicators, Health Care/statistics & numerical data, 50230, Quality Assurance, Health Care/organization & administration, Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration, Data Collection/statistics & numerical data, Europe

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