Return on Investment for Essential Obstetric Care Training in Ghana: Do Trained Public Sector Midwives Deliver Postabortion Care?

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-161

  Clark, Kathryn Andersen ^a   Mitchell, Ellen H M ^a   Aboagye, Patrick Kuma ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INVESTMENT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PHYSICIAN; POSTABORTION CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK REDUCTION; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77249179274     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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