ECON 1 Lecture Notes - World Health Organization, Human Resources, Quality Assurance
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Case 3 quality management in health care. Legido-quigley h, mckee m, nolte e, glinos ia (2008). Assuring the quality of health care in the european union. World health organisation in behalf of the european observatory on health systems and policies, united kingdom. Mclaughlin and kaluzny"s continuous quality improvement in health care. An introduction to quality assurance in health care. 1. 1 dimensions of quality of care 2. 2. 1 levels that policy development takes place 6. Quality the ability to achieve desirable objectives using legitimate means. There are two types of definitions: definitions that define the boundaries of quality, definitions distinguishing various dimensions of quality of care. Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge . Differences between definitions of donabedian and iom (two most important):
