strategy
Accrediting private sector health services
Synonyms:
Ensuring quality of health resources Description:
Regulating health service providers, including accrediting hospitals and laboratories, licensing medical schools and physicians, regulating drugs and review of medical practices. Implementation:
In countries where the government's ability to regulate is particularly weak, self-regulation for health care providers is an interim strategy. Brazil is experimenting with self-regulation for local hospital associations and medical ethics boards. Facilitates:
Protecting qualityProtecting qualityIncreasing reliance on private sector health servicesSelf-regulating Subjects:
Social Activity → ServicesResearch, Standards → Quality unification
Research, Standards → Certification
Health Care → Health
Government → Private
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
