Assessing the Quality of Care at Primary Health Care Level in Two Pilot Regions of Albania.

ABSTRACT: The quality of care (QoC) of primary health care (PHC) services in Albania faces challenges on multiple levels including governance, access, infrastructure and health care workers. In addition, there is a lack of trust in the latter. The Health for All Project (HAP) funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation therefore aimed at enhancing the population's health by improving PHC services and implementing health promotion activities following a multi-strategic health system strengthening approach. The objective of this article is to compare QoC before and after the 4 years of project implementation. A cross-sectional study was implemented at 38 PHC facilities in urban and rural locations in the Diber and Fier regions of Albania in 2015 and in 2018. A survey measured the infras

SUBMITTER: Saric J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8727515 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature