Quality improvement activities for surgical services at district hospitals in developing countries and perceived barriers to quality improvement: Findings from ghana and the scientific literature

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2512-2519

  Choo, Shelly ^a   Papandria, Dominic ^b   Goldstein, Seth D ^c   Perry, Henry ^d   Hesse, Afua A J ^e   Abatanga, Francis ^f   Abdullah, Fizan ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^f KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERAL SURGERY; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENERAL SURGERY; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84885834138     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2169-4     Document Type: Article

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