Quality of care provided by mid-level health workers: Systematic review and meta-analysis;Qualité des soins prodigués par les agents de santé de niveau intermédiaire: Revue systématique et méta-analyse

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 824-833

  Lassi, Zohra S ^a   Cometto, Giorgio ^b   Huicho, Luis ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ANALGESIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPISIOTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSTETRICIAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; DELIVERY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84887008160     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.118786     Document Type: Review

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