Mortality due to low-quality health systems in the universal health coverage era: a systematic analysis of amenable deaths in 137 countries

This study analyzed 2016 data from 137 countries on deaths amenable to health care in LMICs and estimated the proportion of these deaths that are due to poor quality of care versus non-utilization of care.

Key finding

• Poor quality of care was estimated to account for over half (55%) of deaths amenable to health care across 61 common conditions, including 61% of neonatal deaths and half of deaths from maternal causes. 

• Provision of Care
• Quality of Care