Assessment of quality of prenatal care in Shahid Beheshti Medical Science University Centers

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 166-176

  Simbar, Masoumeh ^a   Nahidi, Fatemeh ^a   Dolatian, Mahrokh ^a   Akbarzadeh, Alireza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Counseling; Iran; Prenatal care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IRAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84857933913     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526861211210394     Document Type: Article

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