Improve Accreditation, Regulation, and Quality Standards
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Urbanizing countries can struggle to
ensure uniform minimum standards of care quality
particularly when the private sector grows quickly but
unevenly, with limited government capacity for robust
oversight and regulation and limited consumer ability to
differentiate between high-and low-quality care.
Accreditation and reaccreditation standards in the public
sector sometimes do not extend to the private sector, while
private sector accreditation bodies can be of mixed quality
and subject to abuse. The lack of evidence-based care
protocols can also lead to overtreatment, particularly in
the context of rising incomes and parallel increases in
health-seeking behavior. New approaches are needed to create
and apply more universal quality standards while enabling
patients to make educated choices about where to seek care.
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PRIVATE HEALTH CARE, PRIVATE HEALTH EXPENDITURE, ACCREDITATION, HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY, OVERSIGHT, MEDICAL PROVIDER