Antenatal care services in rural Uganda: Missed opportunities for good-quality care

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 619-629

  Conrad, Paul ^a   De Allegri, Manuela ^a   Moses, Arinaitwe ^b   Larsson, Elin C ^c   Neuhann, Florian ^a   Müller, Olaf ^a   Sarker, Malabika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa, sub Saharan; health care; pregnancy; quality of care; research, rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; UGANDA;

FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UGANDA;

EID: 84859148521     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311431897     Document Type: Article

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