Primary health care quality indicators: An umbrella review.
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SUBMITTER: Ramalho A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697344 | biostudies-literature | 2019
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Primary health care quality indicators: An umbrella review.
Ramalho André A Castro Pedro P Gonçalves-Pinho Manuel M Teixeira Juliana J Santos João Vasco JV Viana João J Lobo Mariana M Santos Paulo P Freitas Alberto A
PloS one 20190816 8
Nowadays, evaluating the quality of health services, especially in primary health care (PHC), is increasingly important. In a historical perspective, the Department of Health (United Kingdom) developed and proposed a range of indicators in 1998, and lately several health, social and political organizations have defined and implemented different sets of PHC quality indicators. Some systematic reviews in PHC quality indicators are reported but only in specific contexts and conditions. The aim of t ...[more]
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