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AbstractIn today’s health care arena, a number of issues are being raised that have received more attention either from the health care consumers or the media. Whether as a provider, a consumer or a purchaser, each was looking for ways to satisfy the other through measuring and reporting on care outcomes. All of these activities were done in the effort to measure performance. WHO organized and facilitated a number of activities related to quality assessment, performance improvement and outcome measurement. A large number of countries and institutions participated in these activities and initiatives. And at the end, all agreed that there had to be an organized mechanism to account for quality, continuous measurement and improved performance in health care organizations. In order to do this a mechanism for certification, licensure or accreditation should be put in place. In this article we will discuss the importance and the components of quality in health care and accreditation. A detailed exploration of accreditation will take the majority of discussion of this article. The process and the methodology of accreditation will be discussed and a system for its implementation is presented as a case study of Republic of Kazakhstan.

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