Global review of health care surveys using lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS), 1984-2004

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1648-1660

  Robertson, Susan E ^a   Valadez, Joseph J ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); Monitoring and evaluation; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; IMMUNIZATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SAMPLING; SURVEY; WORLD BANK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUTRITION; QUALITY CONTROL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIARRHEA; DISASTERS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TETANUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746507534     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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