Continuous quality improvement in public health in Ghana: CQI as a model for primary health care management and delivery.
Qual Manag Health Care
; 9(4): 1-10, 2001.
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ABSTRACT
This article describes the context and examines factors influencing the quality of primary health care delivery and management in Ghana, West Africa. It describes the potential of continuous quality improvement as a management philosophy and tool to improve the quality of primary health care delivery and management in Ghana. It compares the Ghanaian context in which the use of continuous quality improvement in health care is new and untried with the developed country context (mainly the U.S.), where continuous quality improvement has a relatively long history of use in health care and is a requirement for the accreditation of health institutions. Finally, the article discusses the steps that have to be taken to translate continuous quality improvement from a theoretical management concept to improve quality of care to an actual managerial intervention in Ghana. In conclusion, continuous quality improvement is shown to be a potential viable approach to improving quality of care in the Ghanaian context and merits further investigation.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Práctica de Salud Pública
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Modelos Organizacionales
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Gestión de la Calidad Total
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
País como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article