Influence of location and staff knowledge on quality of retail pharmacy prescribing for childhood diarrhea in Kenya

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 519-526

  Goel, P K ^a,b   Ross Degnan, D ^a   Mclaughlin, T J ^a   Soumerai, S B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Drug utilization; Private sector; Quality of care; Retail pharmacies; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; KENYA; MALE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030346467     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/8.6.519     Document Type: Article

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