Predictors of correct treatment of children with fever seen at outpatient heath facilities in the Central African Republic

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1029-1035

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a,d   Hamel, Mary J ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^b   Doutizanga, Ruth ^c   Ndoyo, Justin ^c   Deming, Michael S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Directorate of Preventive Medicine   (Central African Republic)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Case management; Child health services; Developing countries; Epidemiologic methods; Malaria; Primary health care; Quality assurance, health care

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; MALARIA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONSULTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION;

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0034656923     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010131     Document Type: Article

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