Immediate Outcome Indicators in Perioperative Care: A Controlled Intervention Study on Quality Improvement in Hospitals in Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Bosse, Goetz ^a   Mtatifikolo, Ferdinand ^b   Abels, Wiltrud ^a   Strosing, Christian ^c   Breuer, Jan Philipp ^a   Spies, Claudia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Bombo Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c Department of Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TANZANIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHECKLIST; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84878953144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065428     Document Type: Article

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