Methods for assessing quality of provider performance in developing countries

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 17-24

  Franco, Lynne Miller ^a   Franco, Ciro ^b   Kumwenda, Newton ^b   Nkhoma, Wilfred ^b  

^a Center for Human Services   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Exit interview; Observation; Provider interview; Provider performance; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALAWI; OBSERVATION; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036986506     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/14.suppl_1.17     Document Type: Article

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