Healthcare Access

Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

 GBD 2016 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators†

 

†Collaborators listed at end of the Article

Published: 23 May 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30994-2

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Open access funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Background

A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has faltered across and within countries is crucial to guiding decisions and strategies for future improvement. We used the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016) to assess personal health-care access and quality with the Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index for 195 countries and territories, as well as subnational locations in seven countries, from 1990 to 2016.