Climate change, environmental sustainability and health care quality.

Ossebaard, Hans C; Lachman, Peter

Ossebaard, Hans C; Lachman, Peter.

Ossebaard HC; National Health Care Institute, P.O. Box 320, 1110 AH Diemen, The Netherlands.
Lachman P; International Society for Quality in Healthcare, ISQua, Ireland.

Int J Qual Health Care ; 33(1)2021 Mar 05.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1127340

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ABSTRACT

The challenges for health care continue to grow and in the 21st century healthcare policymakers and providers will need to respond to the developing impact of global warming and the environmental impact of healthcare service delivery. This cannot be viewed apart from the current Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which is likely to be linked to the climate crisis.

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COVID-19/epidemiology; Climate Change; Conservation of Natural Resources; Quality of Health Care/organization & administration; Health Promotion/organization & administration; Humans; Internationality; Pandemics; SARS-CoV-2

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COVID-19; climate change; ecology; health care; quality; sustainability

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality of Health Care / Climate Change / Conservation of Natural Resources / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal subject: Health Services Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Intqhc

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