Improving data quality and supervision of antiretroviral therapy sites in Malawi: An application of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hedt Gauthier, Bethany L ^a,b   Tenthani, Lyson ^c   Mitchell, Shira ^a   Chimbwandira, Frank M ^c   Makombe, Simon ^c   Chirwa, Zengani ^c,d,e   Schouten, Erik J ^c,d   Pagano, Marcello ^a   Jahn, Andreas ^c,d,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d MWI ^*  (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Data quality; HIV treatment programs; Malawi; Supervision

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MALAWI; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; CERTIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MALAWI; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863524959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-196     Document Type: Article

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