Why do some hospitals achieve better care of severely malnourished children than others? Five-year follow-up of rural hospitals in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 428-437

  Puoane, Thandi ^a   Cuming, Katie ^b   Sanders, David ^a   Ashworth, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case management; Child mortality; Clinical guidelines; Leadership; Quality of care; Severe malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATALITY; FEEDING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; REHYDRATION; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOUTH AFRICA; TEAMWORK; VITAL SIGN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 54249131621     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn036     Document Type: Article

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