Afghanistan's national strategy for improving quality in health care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-276

  Rahimzai, Mirwais ^a   Amiri, Mirwais ^a   Burhani, Nadera Hayat ^b   Leatherman, Sheila ^c   Hiltebeitel, Simon ^a   Rahmanzai, Ahmed Javed ^d  

^a United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (United States)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

^c IL   (United States)

^d Emerging Leaders Consulting Services (ELCS)   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Developing countries; National health programs; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFGHANISTAN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

AFGHANISTAN; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84879002911     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt013     Document Type: Article

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