Design effects and intraclass correlation coefficients from a health facility cluster survey in Benin

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 521-523

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a   Lama, Marcel ^b   Onikpo, Faustin ^c   Deming, Michael S ^a  

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

^b Africare ^*  (Benin)

^c Direction Dept Sante Pub l'Oueme   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BENIN; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

BENIN; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036932855     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/14.6.521     Document Type: Letter

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