Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Challenges and Opportunities in the Selection of Coverage Indicators for Global Monitoring

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Requejo, Jennifer Harris ^a   Newby, Holly ^b   Bryce, Jennifer ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AWARENESS; CHILD HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALARIA; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSENSUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSENSUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84878321756     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001416     Document Type: Review

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