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. 2020 May 30:mzaa062. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzaa062
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Call to Action for Health Systems in Latin America to Strengthen Quality of Care
GarciaElorrio Ezequiel
1,2,✉, Arrieta Jafet
1,2, Arce Hugo
1, Delgado Pedro
1, Malik Ana Maria
1, Orrego Villagran Carola
1, Rincon Sofia
1, Sarabia Odet
1, Tono Teresa
1, Hermida Jorge
1, Ruelas Barajas Enrique
1
GarciaElorrio Ezequiel
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Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, 2024 Ravignani, (1414) Buenos Aires Argentina
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Delgado Pedro
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Malik Ana Maria
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Tono Teresa
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Hermida Jorge
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Corresponding author: Ezequiel Garcia Elorrio MD MSc PhD, Director, Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, 2024 Ravignani, (1414) Buenos Aires Argentina, +5491144000624, egarciaelorrio@iecs.org.ar
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EGE and JA are joint first authors on this work.
Received 2020 May 7; Revised 2020 May 7; Accepted 2020 May 26.
Keywords: Latin-America, COVID19, Quality Improvement
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