Global initiatives for improving hospital care for children: State of the art and future prospects

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Campbell, Harry ^a,f   Duke, Trevor ^b   Weber, Martin ^c   English, Mike ^d   Carai, Susanne ^c   Tamburlini, Giorgio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^f Institute of Genomics and Molecular Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOL USE; TRAINING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 42149084956     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1395     Document Type: Article

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