Campbell et al. [ 45] suggested dimensions of quality of care of access and effectiveness to answer the questions of: ' Do users get the care they need, and is the care effective when they get it?' (p. 1611).
COMESA adopted also e-Learning strategy which have objectives to operationalize an interactive and collaborative online platform that will increase access to and effectiveness of COMESA capacity building programs, supported by a regional pool of e-Learning experts.
Nowadays, most infected persons live a normal life due to the improved access, availability and effectiveness of Anti – Retroviral Therapy [ 1, 2].
More attention should be paid in improving access to and effectiveness of primary care among the less affluent in order to decrease health inequities.
Potentially preventable hospitalizations are increasingly used as measures of access, quality and effectiveness of primary health care (15, 16), as well as indicators of health care disparities (17, 18).
25 Likely explanations for the association between school delay and school abandonment and smoking include less information on the health consequences of smoking and differences in access to and effectiveness of cessation treatments.
Rates vary widely depending on: a) the prevalence of the human papilloma virus (HPV) infection that causes this neoplasm [ 3]; and, b) access to and effectiveness of programmes for the early diagnosis and treatment of precancerous lesions, which can reduce the incidence of invasive cervical cancer in screened groups by approximately 80% [ 4].
UNICEF and the Government of Lebanon's Central Administration for Statistics, are working in partnership to conduct a nation-wide survey to determine access to and effectiveness of social services and other development indicators that have an impact on the wellbeing of children.
Quality can be conceptualized as a combination of access to care and effectiveness of care, with effectiveness depending on both technical and interpersonal aspects [ 5].
Optimally the benchmarking would be accompanied by scientific research on access, quality, costs and effectiveness of services for all patient groups including the disadvantaged.
