An assessment of the quality of care for children in eighteen randomly selected district and sub-district hospitals in Bangladesh

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hoque, Dewan M E ^a   Rahman, Muntasirur ^a   Billah, Sk Masum ^a   Savic, Michael ^a   Karim, A Q M Rezaul ^a   Chowdhury, Enayet K ^a   Hossain, Altaf ^b   Musa, S A J Md ^b   Kumar, Harish ^c   Malhotra, Sudhansh ^c   Matin, Ziaul ^d   Raina, Neena ^c   Weber, Martin W ^c   El Arifeen, Shams ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Directorate General of Health Services   (Bangladesh)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child health; Hospitals; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DRINKING WATER; GENTAMICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; POWER SUPPLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYRUP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRIAGE;

EID: 84871492980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-197     Document Type: Article

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