Erinn Aulfinger

Quality is an 'afterthought' in the campaign for health care access, report finds

Associate professor of epidemiology Marcel Yotebieng, MD, MPH, PhD, alongside 13 other experts in the field, co-authored a report released in August by the National Academy of Medicine.

The report, titled “Crossing the Global Quality Chasm: Improving health care worldwide,” describes a need for the public health community to shift their focus from strictly providing access to health services to instead providing high-quality, effective health care.