Association between health worker motivation and healthcare quality efforts in Ghana

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Alhassan, Robert Kaba ^a,b   Spieker, Nicole ^c   van Ostenberg, Paul ^d   Ogink, Alice ^c   Nketiah Amponsah, Edward ^e   de Wit, Tobias F Rinke ^a,b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^d Joint Commission   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Efforts; Ghana; Health worker; Motivation; Patient safety; Primary health facilities; Quality care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84882538153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-37     Document Type: Article

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