Barriers to conducting effective obstetric audit in Ifakara: A qualitative assessment in an under-resourced setting in Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 652-657

  van Hamersveld, Koen T ^a,b   den Bakker, Emil ^a,b   Nyamtema, Angelo S ^a,c   van den Akker, Thomas ^b,d   Mfinanga, Elirehema H ^e   van Elteren, Marianne ^b   van Roosmalen, Jos ^b,d  

^a St Francis Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health Ifakara   (Tanzania)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Health care quality assurance; Maternal mortality; Obstetrics; Perinatal mortality; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HEALTH WORKER; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MANAGER; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TANZANIA;

CLINICAL AUDIT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBSTETRICS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

IFAKARA; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 84859974743     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02972.x     Document Type: Article

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