The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: Results from a maternity health facility survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ziraba, Abdhalah K ^a   Mills, Samuel ^b   Madise, Nyovani ^c   Saliku, Teresa ^d   Fotso, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITY CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; KENYA; MANPOWER; OBSTETRICS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRICS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 64249157811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-46     Document Type: Article

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