Task shifting to non-physician clinicians for integrated management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Cameroon: A programme assessment at two years

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Labhardt, Niklaus D ^a,b   Balo, Jean Richard ^c   Ndam, Mama ^d   Grimm, Jean Jacques ^e   Manga, Engelbert ^d  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Health District of Mbankomo   (Cameroon)

^d Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^e Hopital du Jura   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; NURSING PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650003348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-339     Document Type: Article

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