A quality assessment tool for tuberculosis control activities in resource limited settings

Tuberculosis

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  McQuade Billingsley, Katherine ^a   Smith, Nathaniel ^b   Shirley, Rhett ^c   Achieng, Loice ^c   Keiser, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Quality assessment; Quality improvement; Resource limited settings; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84655163942     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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