The association of health workforce capacity and quality of pediatric care in Afghanistan

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 578-586

  Edward, Anbrasi ^a   Kumar, Binay ^b   Niayesh, Haseebullah ^c   Naeem, Ahmad Jan ^d   Burnham, Gilbert ^a   Peters, David H ^a  

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

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Health workforce; IMCI; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPPORT GROUP; WORK CAPACITY;

AFGHANISTAN; AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INFANT; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84869432893     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs058     Document Type: Article

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