Quality and continuity are the bedrock of this business, something its dedicated, if eccentric, customer base is quick to recognise.
That means less-qualified staff can provide some treatments without the risk that serious illnesses will be missed, so that quality and continuity of care remain central.
And any long-term improvements in the quality and continuity of care could spell wider savings across the health and social care budget by keeping people in their homes and out of hospital beds or residential care settings for longer.
Meanwhile, the AQP agenda privileges patient choice above any other considerations (such as equity, quality and continuity) and makes the unlikely assumption that patients will readily assume the role of rational consumers.
If you don't get the kind of reforms in healthcare on quality and continuity and patient centred-ness that the ACA progresses in Medicare and Medicaid, then the poor will get hurt, and we're really on a knife edge on that one".
Myers [10] presented accessibility, effectiveness, improvement of care quality, and continuity as items for healthcare service quality.
Technical studies clearly indicate the need to review parts of the Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations (ESQCR) for successful islanded operations.
Moreover, differences in time zones may adversely impact on the quality and continuity of dialogue (Ke & Kwak, 2013; Liu et al., 2010).
To describe the knowledge and perceptions of patients and health professionals on the factors that influence the quality and continuity of care of diabetic patients provided in Primary Care.
Power quality and continuity of power is predicted to emanate from storage facilities represented by hydro-electric pump storage, hydro-electric lagoon storage, and again nuclear power stations until these can be phased out.
