Research Catalog

Title

Improving quality of care in low- and middle-income countries : workshop summary / Gillian J. Buckley and Rachel E. Pittluck, rapporteurs ; Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Author

Improving Quality of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Workshop) (2015 : Washington, D.C.), sponsor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/spn

Publication

• Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2015]
• ©2015

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Additional Authors

• Buckley, Gillian J.
• Pittluck, Rachel E.
• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health, issuing body. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Description

xviii, 108 pages : color illustrations, color charts; 23 cm

Summary

"Quality of care is a priority for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The agency's missions abroad and their host country partners work in quality improvement, but a lack of evidence about the best ways to facilitate such improvements has constrained their informed selection of interventions. Six different methods - accreditation, COPE, improvement collaborative, standards-based management and recognitions (SBM-R), supervision, and clinical in-service training - currently make up the majority of this investment for USAID missions. As their already substantial investment in quality grows, there is demand for more scientific evidence on how to reliably improve quality of care in poor countries. USAID missions, and many other organizations spending on quality improvement, would welcome more information about how different strategies work to improve quality, when and where certain tools are most effective, and the best ways to measure success and shortcomings. To gain a better understanding of the evidence supporting different quality improvement tools and clarity on how they would help advance the global quality improvement agenda, the Institute of Medicine convened a 2-day workshop in January 2015. The workshop's goal was to illuminate these different methods, discussing their pros and cons. This workshop summary is a description of the presentations and discussions"--Publisher's description.

Subjects

• Developing countries > Health aspects > Congresses
• Medical care > Quality control > Congresses
• Medical care > Evaluation > Congresses

Note

• "Workshop on Improving Quality of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, January 28-29, 2015, the Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001"--Page 89.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-88).

Contents

An overview of quality of care in low- and middle-income countries -- Six widely used methods to improve quality -- Reviewing the evidence for different quality improvement methods -- Synthesizing evidence, identifying gaps -- Cross-cutting approaches to improve quality -- Appendices.

ISBN

• 0309373425
• 9780309373425

OCLC

• ocn919480221
• 919480221
• SCSB-5838943

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries