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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Care Services; Board on Global Health; Committee on Improving the Quality of Health Care Globally. Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2018 Aug 28.
Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving Health Care Worldwide.
Show details- ACT
artemisinin-based combination therapy
- ADDO
Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlet
- AFRO
African Regional Office (WHO)
- AGP
Abel Gilbert Pontoón
- AI
artificial intelligence
- AMI
acute myocardial infarction
- ANC
antenatal clinic
- ASHA
accredited social health activist
- BCG
Bacille Calmette-Guerin
- BMAT
BioMedical Admissions Test
- BMI
body mass index
- BP
blood pressure
- BPHS
Basic Package of Health Services
- CBHI
Community-Based Health Insurance
- CDS
clinical decision support
- CHW
community health worker
- CIN
Clinical Information Network
- COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- CR
citizen representative
- CRISPR
clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
- CS
caesarean section
- CVD
cardiovascular disease
- DALY
disability-adjusted life year
- DHS
Demographic and Health Surveys
- DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
- DRC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- EHIS
electronic health information system
- EHR
electronic health record
- EMRO
Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO)
- FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- FHS
Family Health Strategy
- FMOH
Federal Ministry of Health
- FSI
Fragile States Index
- GBD
Global Burden of Disease
- GDP
gross domestic product
- GPW
General Program of Work
- HCAC
Health Care Accreditation Council
- HCD
human-centered design
- HDA
Health Development Army
- HEW
Health Extension Worker
- HFE
human factors and ergonomics
- HIC
high-income country
- HIV/AIDS
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- HMC
Hamad Medical Corporation
- HPV
human papillomavirus
- ICHOM
International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement
- ICT
information and communication technology
- IDB
International Development Bank
- IOM
Institute of Medicine
- IP
informal provider
- ISIS
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
- ISO
International Organization for Standardization
- ITU
International Telecommunication Union
- JICA
Japan International Cooperation Agency
- LHCS
learning health care system
- LMIC
low- and middle-income country
- MCH
maternal and child health
- MDG
Millennium Development Goal
- MESH MH
Mentoring and Enhanced Supervision at Health Centers for Mental Health
- MOH
ministry of health
- NAM
National Academy of Medicine
- NCD
noncommunicable disease
- NGO
nongovernmental organization
- NICU
neonatal intensive care unit
- NIH
National Institutes of Health
- NPR
National Public Radio
- NQPS
National Quality Policy and Strategy
- NQS
National Quality Strategy
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OOP
out-of-pocket
- ORS
oral rehydration salt
- ORT
oral rehydration therapy
- P4P
pay for performance
- PCA
patient-controlled analgesia
- PHA
Private Hospital Association
- POC
point-of-care
- PPH
postpartum hemorrhage
- PREM
patient-reported experience measure
- PRI
Panchayati Raj Institution
- PROM
patient-reported outcome measure
- PTSD
posttraumatic stress disorder
- QEWS
Qatar Early Warning System
- RCT
randomized controlled trial
- RSBY
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
- SDG
Sustainable Development Goal
- SEIPS
Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety
- SPO
Structure-Process-Outcome
- TB
tuberculosis
- TBA
traditional birth attendant
- UHC
universal health coverage
- UN
United Nations
- VAS
Vajpayee Arogyashree Scheme
- WHO
World Health Organization
- YLD
years of life lived with disability
- YLL
years of life lost
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