Access and quality of rural healthcare: Ethiopian Millennium Rural Initiative

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-230

  Bradley, Elizabeth ^a   Thompson, Jennifer W ^a   Byam, Patrick ^a   Webster, Tashonna R ^a   Zerihun, Abraham ^b   Alpern, Rachelle ^a   Herrin, Jeph ^c,d   Abebe, Yigeremu ^b   Curry, Leslie ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Community health workers; Ethiopia; HIV; Prenatal care; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956051938     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr013     Document Type: Article

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