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Departments Editorial| Volume 100, ISSUE 11, P2215-2217, November 2019

Crossing the Global Quality Chasm in Health Care: Where Does Rehabilitation Stand?

  • Tiago S. Jesus
    Affiliations
    Global Health and Tropical Medicine and WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Policy and Planning, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Helen Hoenig
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    Corresponding author: Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH, Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine Rehabilitation Service, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705.
    Affiliations
    Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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      Quality of health care is receiving critical attention at a global level. The rehabilitation field needs to be aware of the latest developments and consider their application to rehabilitation quality of care worldwide.

      Keywords

      List of abbreviations:

      LMIC (low- and middle-income countries), QI (quality improvement)
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