Quality and comparison of antenatal care in public and private providers in the United Republic of Tanzania

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-122

  Boller, Christoph ^a   Wyss, Kaspar ^a   Mtasiwa, Deo ^b   Tanner, Marcel ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Health personnel standards; Prenatal care standards economics organization and administration; Private sector; Public sector; Quality assurance, Health care; Quality of health care; Socioeconomic factors; Urban health services

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0037288905     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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