title: Linking quality improvement with primary health care.
abstract: To improve the quality of health care, the PHC strategy can be linked to continuous quality improvement (CQI)--also referred to as total quality management (TQM). The linkup--with emphasis on consumer participation--is explained below.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Sukati
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States