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International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2005 17(4):277-279; doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzi059
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International Journal for Quality in Health Care vol. 17 no. 4 © The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Society for Quality in Health Care; all rights reserved

Editorial

Globalization in health care: is international standardization of quality a step toward outsourcing?

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Though different in many respects from other types of services, health care services are also impacted by globalization. For example, some countries, especially developing ones, can attract customers by offering high quality health care at a lower cost than is available in their home country. And although this practice is relatively uncommon at the present time, our hypothesis is that, within a short time, this practice will greatly expand, partly due to the development of global standards of quality and the rise of processes of accreditation, both in health care and medical education.

Globalization: economic issues

Globalization is characterized by the circulation of goods and services between countries in response to criteria of efficiency. Such multilateral agreements between countries, unfortunately, often function to the detriment of the countries with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The circulation of health professionals

A new trend: the circulation of patients

Will the development of international standards result in an explosion of health care outsourcing (Table 1)?

What are the issues?

Conclusion

Christophe Segouin

University Paris 7, Medical School, Public Health, Paris and Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Public Health, Paris, France

Brian Hodges

Centre Research on Education, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pierre-Henri Brechat

Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Public Health Paris, France


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