The effectiveness of the quality improvement collaborative strategy in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) have been used to improve health care for decades. Evidence on QIC effectiveness has been reported, but systematic reviews to date have little information from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of QICs in LMICs. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review following Cochrane methods, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach for quality of evidence grading, and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement for reporting. We searched published and unpublished studies between 1969 and March 2019 from LMICs. We included papers that compared usual practice with QICs alone or combined with other interventions. Pa

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Elorrio E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6776335 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature