Maternal mortality in the Greater Accra region in Ghana: Assessing completeness of registration and data quality

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1436-1441

  Yakubu Zakariah, Afisah ^a   Alexander, Sophie ^a   Roosmalen, Jos Van ^b   Yao Kwawukume, Enyonam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Data quality; Ghana; Maternal mortality; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; DOCUMENTATION; ERROR; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGISTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 33845267775     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340601040902     Document Type: Article

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