Quality of Care and Health Status in Ukraine
We conducted a national level assessment of the quality of clinical care practice in the Ukrainian healthcare system for two important causes of death and chronic disease conditions. We tested two hypotheses: a) quality of care is predicted by physician and facility characteristics and b) health sta...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | en_US |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23148 |
| Summary: | We conducted a national level assessment of the quality of clinical care practice in the Ukrainian healthcare system for two important causes of death and chronic disease conditions. We tested two hypotheses: a) quality of care is predicted by physician and facility characteristics and b) health status is predicted by quality of care. Younger, female physicians provide a higher quality of care—as well as those that have had recent continuing medical education (CME) in chronic disease or health behaviors. Higher quality was associated with better health outcomes. |
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