Development of paediatric quality of inpatient care indicators for low-income countries - A Delphi study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ntoburi, Stephen ^a   Hutchings, Andrew ^b   Sanderson, Colin ^b   Carpenter, James ^b   Weber, Martin ^c   English, Mike ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DELPHI STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78649991405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-90     Document Type: Article

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