Improving quality in resource poor settings: Observational study from rural Rwanda

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7733, 2009, Pages 1311-1313

  Kotagal, Meera ^a,b   Lee, Patrick ^a,b,c   Habiyakare, Caste ^a   Dusabe, Raymond ^a   Kanama, Philibert ^a   Epino, Henry M ^a,b,d   Rich, Michael L ^a   Farmer, Paul E ^a,b,e  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Newton Welleseley Hospital   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEADERSHIP; MONITORING; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RWANDA; STAFF TRAINING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VITAL SIGN;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RWANDA;

EID: 71749109461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3488     Document Type: Review

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