How much time is available for antenatal care consultations? Assessment of the quality of care in rural Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Magoma, Moke ^a   Requejo, Jennifer ^b,c   Merialdi, Mario ^c   Campbell, Oona M R ^d   Cousens, Simon ^d   Filippi, Veronique ^d  

^a Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; TIME; AMBULATORY CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MATERNAL WELFARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053171921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-64     Document Type: Article

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