Quality of care for non-communicable diseases in the Republic of Moldova: a survey across primary health care facilities and pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Republic of Moldova is faced with a high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) related to lifestyle and health behavioural factors. Within the frame of the decentralisation reform, the primary health care system has been tasked to play an important role in the provision of preventative and curative NCD health services. There is however limited evidence available on the actual coverage and quality of care provided. Our paper aims to provide an updated overview of the coverage and quality of service provision in rural and urban regions of Moldova.

Methods

We designed a facility-based survey to measure aspects of coverage and quality of care of NCD services across 20 districts of the Republic of Moldova. This study presents descriptive data on the struct

SUBMITTER: Blake C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547568 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature