Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria

Patient-identified barriers and facilitators to maternal health care in lmics: a qualitative study in Argentina and Ethiopia

Abstract Background Ninety-nine percent of global maternity deaths occur in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), despite availability of high quality evidence-based guidelines for common causes of maternal mortality. An understanding of barriers and facilitators (BFs) to acce...

Does EQ-5D measure the most relevant aspects of health across cultures? Findings from a multi-country qualitative and card-sorting study

The EQ-5D is a widely used measure of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in health services and economic evaluations globally. However, its cross-cultural content validity remains underexplored. This study assesses the relevance and adequacy of EQ-5D across diverse cultural c...

Process mapping of a collaborative quality improvement study to optimise the use of antibiotics in intensive care units in Argentina: a Pathfinder study

Objective To systematically document the operational components, barriers, facilitators, and solutions of a quality improvement collaborative for antibiotic stewardship in intensive care units (ICUs) in the public sector of Argentina, using the Pathfinder methodological framework...

Implementing digital health transformation policies in Latin America: insights from four national case studies

Abstract Digital health transformation (DHT) policies can improve the performance of health systems. However, there are few empirical studies on how these policies are implemented in practice. This article examines four national cases of implementing DHT policies in the Latin Ame...

Process mapping of a collaborative quality improvement study to optimise the use of antibiotics in intensive care units in Argentina: a Pathfinder study

<ns5:p>Objective To systematically document the operational components, barriers, facilitators, and solutions of a quality improvement collaborative for antibiotic stewardship in intensive care units (ICUs) in the public sector of Argentina, using the Pathfinder methodological fr...