Quality of maternal and neonatal care in Albania, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan: A systematic, standard-based, participatory assessment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Tamburlini, Giorgio ^a   Siupsinskas, Gelmius ^b   Bacci, Alberta ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b International Consultant   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KAZAKHSTAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTHER; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TURKMENISTAN; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STANDARD;

ALBANIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAZAKHSTAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 84055182521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028763     Document Type: Article

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