Assessment of providers' referral decisions in Rural Burkina Faso: A retrospective analysis of medical records

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ilboudo, Tegawende Pierre ^a,b   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Huang, Nicole ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINISTÈRE DE LA SANTÉ   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Compliance; Diagnostic errors; Healthcare quality improvement; Patient safety; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857950820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-54     Document Type: Review

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