Quality of newborn care: A health facility assessment in rural Ghana using survey, vignette and surveillance data

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Vesel, Linda ^a   Manu, Alexander ^b   Lohela, Terhi J ^c   Gabrysch, Sabine ^d   Okyere, Eunice ^b   Ten Asbroek, Augustinus H A ^e   Hill, Zelee ^f   Agyemang, Charlotte Tawiah ^b   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^b   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN;

BATH; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ESSENTIAL NEWBORN CARE; FACE MASK; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEONATAL INCUBATOR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VIGNETTE; WARD;

EID: 84878462696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002326     Document Type: Review

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