From diagnosis to drug taking: Staff compliance with guidelines and patient compliance to prescriptions in Burkina faso

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Krause, G ^a   Borchert, M ^a   Benzler, J ^a   Diesfeld, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic quality; Drug taking compliance; Drug buying compliance; Health care process; Treatment guidelines; Treatment quality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

BURKINA FASO; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DRUG THERAPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0034009855     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/12.1.25     Document Type: Article

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