She may reach a facility but will still die! An analysis of quality of public sector maternal health services, District Multan, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 156-163

  Fikree, Fariyal F ^a   Mir, Ali M ^b   Haq, Inaam Ul ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Egypt)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Pakistan)

^c World Bank   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLEACHING AGENT; CALCIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; DIAZEPAM; ERGOMETRINE; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; IODINE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN; PENICILLIN G; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; POVIDONE IODINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SOAP; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; LABOR PAIN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; OBSTETRIC CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL GLOVE; SUTURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745120501     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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