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'''Health care delivery''' is "the concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
'''Health care delivery''' is "the concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
[[Health care quality assurance]] is "activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps."<ref>{{MeSH|Health care quality assurance}}</ref>
[[Patient satisfaction]] is "the degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial."<ref>{{MeSH|Patient satisfaction}}</ref>


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Revision as of 08:41, 26 May 2009

Health care delivery is "the concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population."[1]

Health care quality assurance is "activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps."[2]

Patient satisfaction is "the degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial."[3]

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