title: Review and analysis of quality healthcare system enhancement in developing countries.
abstract: Quality has multidimensional perspectives. It is a continuous and dynamic process. A systematic search of national and international literature was conducted from peer-reviewed databases MEDLINE, CINAHL and PubMed during January to July 2012. There are many frameworks to assess and measure quality. All frameworks give some levels in which quality could be assessed. Therefore, multiple frameworks should be used for measuring quality based on the situation and environment. Measuring quality is very important for primary healthcare programme, especially for developing countries because if we will not do quality assessment, our resources will not be utilised effectively and people may divert to curative services. Thus, in developing countries where healthcare system needs to optimise resources for increased population coverage and scale up the care, quality approaches can suggest workable solutions to using resources appropriately.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Zohra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kurji
authors.affiliation: Chief Operating Officer, Catco Kids, Inc., Karachi.
authors.forename: Zahra Shaheen
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Premani
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Aga Khan University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Yasmin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mithani
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement
keywords: Quality, Measurement of quality, Quality approaches.