01149nam a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260002000042653001200062653002200074653002000096653002200116653002100138653001100159245011600170250001200286300001000298520065900308       2010                            d  bNLR aAmsterdam10aleprosy10aHealth Facilities10aHealth Services10aQuality assurance10aFull text online10aGlobal00aClients' perspective : guidelines for assessing the quality of leprosy services from the clients' point of view  a2nd ed.  a44 p.3 aEvery year several hundreds of thousands new leprosy patients are detected. Since transmission
in high endemic countries has not been substantially interrupted, considerable numbers of leprosy
patients will continue to report to health facilities in the coming years. Hence, it is crucial that
adequate health services are provided to leprosy patients.
To ensure that such services remain of good quality, feedback from patients, i.e. the ‘clients’ of
the health services, is essential. Assessing their experiences and identifying their constraints, as
illustrated in the above examples, can help in the further improvement of leprosy services.