Quality in crisis: a systematic review of the quality of health systems in humanitarian settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a growing concern that the quality of health systems in humanitarian crises and the care they provide has received little attention. To help better understand current practice and research on health system quality, this paper aimed to examine the evidence on the quality of health systems in humanitarian settings.

Methods

This systematic review was based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol. The context of interest was populations affected by humanitarian crisis in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). We included studies where the intervention of interest, health services for populations affected by crisis, was provided by the formal health system. Our outcome of interest was the quality of the h

SUBMITTER: Jordan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7851932 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature