Continuous Quality Improvement Applied to Outpatient Health Care Delivery in Displaced Persons Camps

Authors

  • Paul B. Spiegel Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and Center for Refugee and Disaster Studies
  • Ellen Lynch US Agency for International Development
  • Narendra M. Patel Illinois College of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.22050

Keywords:

Continuous Quality Improvement, CQI, evaluation, health, outpatient care, refugee camps

Abstract

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) has been shown to be a highly effective approach for the evaluation and management of hospitals in developed countries, but it has barely begun to be utilised in less developed countries. This article defines the principles and the main tools of CQI and then applies them to the postemergency phase of a displaed persons camp situation, specifically towards improving the utilisation and the quality of care in an out patient department.

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Published

2000-01-01

How to Cite

Spiegel, P. B., Lynch, E., & Patel, N. M. (2000). Continuous Quality Improvement Applied to Outpatient Health Care Delivery in Displaced Persons Camps. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 18(5), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.22050

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