Incentives and barriers to implementing national hospital standards in Uganda

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 421-426

  Bateganya, Moses ^a   Hagopian, Amy ^a   Tavrow, Paula ^b   Luboga, Samuel ^c   Barnhart, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Developing countries; Hospitals; Standards; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTIVATION; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; UGANDA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UGANDA;

EID: 75549092145     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzp044     Document Type: Article

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