Effect of a multifaceted intervention to improve clinical quality of care through stepwise certification (SafeCare) in health-care facilities in Tanzania: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality of care is consistently shown to be inadequate in health-care settings in many low-income and middle-income countries, including in private facilities, which are rapidly growing in number but often do not have effective quality stewardship mechanisms. The SafeCare programme aims to address this gap in quality of care, using a standards-based approach adapted to low-resource settings, involving assessments, mentoring, training, and access to loans, to improve clinical quality and facility business performance. We assessed the effect of the SafeCare programme on quality of patient care in faith-based and private for-profit facilities in Tanzania.

Methods

In this cluster-randomised controlled trial, health facilities were eligible if they were dispensaries, h

SUBMITTER: King JJC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8370880 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature