Assessment of quality of post abortion care in government hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-149

  Melkamu, Yilma ^a   Enquselassie, Fikre ^b   Ali, Ahmed ^b   Gebresilassie, Hailemichael ^c   Yusuf, Lukman ^b  

^a PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUCED ABORTION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644873644     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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