Sammendrag
The current chapter provides an overview of the variety of concepts and practices within the pillar quality of care in Healthy Healthcare through a historical timeline. The developments and concepts include guidelines, innovations in medical research and technology, public health programmes, standards for professional training and credentials, healthcare financing, practice standards for the administration of healthcare, treatment procedures, standards for knowledge production, ethics, social context of healthcare practice, patient delivery, patient-centred care and environmentally sustainable healthcare. These concepts provide different perspectives on quality of care that scholars and stakeholders can apply as a starting point to study healthcare through the lens of quality of care. The last part of the chapter targets concerns and the relevance of approaching Healthy Healthcare from the perspective of quality of care.
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