A case report of evaluating a large-scale health systems improvement project in an uncontrolled setting: A quality improvement initiative in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 891-898

  Mate, Kedar S ^a,b   Ngidi, Wilbroda Hlolisile ^c   Reddy, Jennifer ^c   Mphatswe, Wendy ^c   Rollins, Nigel ^c,d   Barker, Pierre ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; EVALUATION METHODOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84887690859     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001244     Document Type: Article

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