Service providers' perception of the quality of emergency obsteric care provided and factors indentified which affect the provision of quality care

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 104-111

  Chodzaza, E ^a   Bultemeier, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALAWI; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALAWI; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952334814     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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