Managerial supervision to improve primary health care in low- and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2019, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Bosch Capblanch, Xavier ^a   Liaqat, Sajil ^b   Garner, Paul ^b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NARRATIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVELOPING COUNTRY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80055100651     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006413.pub2     Document Type: Article

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