Minor surgery at hospitals and clinics in a Kenyan district

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 102-106

  Nordberg, E ^a   Mwobobia, I ^b   Muniu, E ^b  

^a AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0035542296     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i2.9098     Document Type: Article

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