The variability and predictors of quality of AIDS care services in Brazil

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Nemes, Maria Ines Battistella ^a   Melchior, Regina ^b   Basso, Cáritas Relva ^a   Castanheira, Elen Rose Lodeiro ^c   De Britto E Alves, Maria Teresa Seabra Soares ^d   Conway, Shaun ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MANAGER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 65349133122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-51     Document Type: Article

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