A review of national policies and strategies to improve quality of health care and patient safety: a case study from Lebanon and Jordan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving quality of care and patient safety practices can strengthen health care delivery systems, improve health sector performance, and accelerate attainment of health-related Sustainability Development Goals. Although quality improvement is now prominent on the health policy agendas of governments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), progress to date has not been optimal. The objective of this study is to comprehensively review existing quality improvement and patient safety policies and strategies in two selected countries of the EMR (Lebanon and Jordan) to determine the extent to which these have been institutionalized within existing health systems.

Methods

We used a mixed methods approa

SUBMITTER: El-Jardali F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5559834 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature