Feasibility of an ultrasound service on district health care level in Botswana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1023-1031

  Bussmann, Hermann ^a   Koen, Emy ^b   Arhin Tenkorang, Dyna ^c   Munyadzwe, Grace ^d   Troeger, Jochen ^e  

^a BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing country; Diagnostic ultrasound; District health care; Quality of care; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PELVIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BOTSWANA; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 0035652671     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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