Measuring quality-of-care in the context of sustainable development goal 3: a call for papers

High-income countries already invest considerable resources in measuring the level and variation in health-care quality and associations with health outcomes. There is much less emphasis on quality measurement in low- and middle-income countries, although individual studies suggest that poor quality is limiting health gains. A study using data from the World Health Organization (WHO) Multicountry Survey on Maternal and Newborn Health3 found that high coverage of essential interventions was not associated with reduced maternal mortality in facilities, concluding that the coverage of interventions must be matched with overall improvements in quality-of-care.