Progress towards early detection services for infants with hearing loss in developing countries

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a   Swanepoel, De Wet ^b   Chapchap, Mônica J ^c   Castillo, Salvador ^d   Habib, Hamed ^e   Mukari, Siti Z ^f   Martinez, Norberto V ^g   Lin, Hung Ching ^h   McPherson, Bradley ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Hosp Sao Luiz   (Brazil)

^d Dr Eduardo Liceaga   (Mexico)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^g Better Hearing Institute   (Philippines)

^h MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEARING TEST; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; PARENTS;

EID: 33847189183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-14     Document Type: Article

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