Economic evaluation of surgically trained assistant medical officers in performing major obstetric surgery in Mozambique

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1253-1260

  Kruk, M E ^a   Pereira, C ^b   Vaz, F ^c   Bergstrom S ^d   Galea, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Inst of National de Saude   (Mozambique)

^c Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde ISCISA   (Mozambique)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic evaluation; Human resources; Obstetric surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOZAMBIQUE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE;

EID: 34548680080     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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