Background Both the concept of performance and the role of hospitals in health systems
evolved significantly in the last decades. Today, the performance in health could be defined …

Background The shift towards integrated care (IC) represents a global trend towards more
comprehensive and coordinated systems of care, particularly for vulnerable populations …

Abstract Background The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia corporates performance improvement
strategies in health sector to transform hospital operations and instituting a culture of quality …

The quality of medical care can be evaluated by three main components, which were
proposed by Avedis Donabedian: the quality of structure, the quality of process and the …

Access to and utilisation of routine maternal and newborn health (MNH) services, such as
antenatal care (ANC), and perinatal services, has increased over the last two decades in …

Objetivo analisar os processos de trabalho decorrentes do Programa de Melhoria do
Acesso e da Qualidade da Atenção Básica, segundo profissionais da Atenção Básica …

Background Depression is common in the palliative care setting and impacts outcomes.
Operationalized screening is unusual in palliative care. Local Problem Lack of …

Rationale, aims, and objectives The growth of clinical pharmacy services (CPS) has
positively impacted clinical, economic, and humanistic health outcomes. However, detailed …

Objectives In the middle to late 2000s, many family physicians switched from a Family
Health Group (FHG; a blended fee-for-service model) to a Family Health Organization (FHO; …

Background This cross-sectional study evaluated the adequacy of the Family Health
Strategy for the primary care model for chronic noncommunicable diseases and the changes …