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What evidence is there about the effects of health care reforms on gender equity, particularly in health?
P. Östlin / Health Evidence Network, WHO, 2005
This review article, published by the World Health Organization, assesses the impact of four key health care reforms – decentralisation, financing, privatisation and priority setting – on gender equit...
What are the best strategies for ensuring quality in hospitals?
J. Øvretveit / Health Evidence Network, WHO, 2003
Ensuring the safety of patients and personnel and improving quality have become important objectives for national health systems in developed and developing countries alike. There is a general belief,...
How can hospital performance be measured and monitored?
C Shaw / Health Evidence Network, WHO, 2003
Measurement is central to the concept of quality improvement; it provides a means to define what hospitals actually do, and to compare that with the original targets or expectations in order to identi...

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