Quality of basic maternal care functions in low-income countries – Authors' reply

Are We Asking All the Right Questions About Quality of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

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Critical care in low-income countries.

Critical care in low-income countries remains rudimentary. When defined as all aspects of care for patients with sudden, serious, reversible disease, critical care is not disease or age specific and includes triage and emergency medicine, hospital systems, quality of care and Intensive Care Units. This review collates the literature on critical care in low-income countries and explores how the ...

Low quality of care in low income countries: is the private sector the answer?

The article by Samandari et al. [1] in this issue describes an So far so good. But is it or can it be a model? Two impressive example of a specialized private health care inarguments call for caution. stitute, its funding, organization, delivery of care and measures 1. The LVPEI has unique features that will be hard to to ensure quality of care. The authors then generalize, claiming replicate f...