The quality of hospital-based antenatal care in Istanbul

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-60

  Turan, Janet Molzan ^a,b   Bulut, Ayşen ^a   Nalbant, Hacer ^a   Ortayli, Nuriye ^a   Akalin, A Arzu Koloǧlu ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TURKEY;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [ISTANBUL (PRV)]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 33644864440     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2006.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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