Educating leaders in hospital management: A pre-post study in Ethiopian hospitals

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-174

  Kebede, Sosena ^a,b   Mantopoulos, Jeannie ^a   Ramanadhan, Shoba ^a   Cherlin, Emily ^a   Gebeyehu, Mahlet ^c   Lawson, Ruth ^d   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; education; Ethiopia; hospital management; hospital performance standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84855508172     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2010.542171     Document Type: Article

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