Quality of caesarean delivery services and documentation in first-line referral facilities in Afghanistan: A chart review

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kim, Young Mi ^a   Tappis, Hannah ^b   Zainullah, Partamin ^a   Ansari, Nasrat ^a   Evans, Cherrie ^a   Bartlett, Linda ^b   Zaka, Nabila ^c   Zeck, Willibald ^c  

^a JHPIEGO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA PREVIA; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STILLBIRTH; ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862807606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-14     Document Type: Article

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