## Abstract Quality‐based purchasing is a growing trend that seeks to improve healthcare quality through the purchaser‐provider relationship. This article provides a unifying conceptual framework, presents examples of the purchaser‐provider relationship in countries at different income levels, and
Understanding the quality concept in health care
✍ Scribed by P.P.M. Harteloh
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0949-1775
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