Baseline assessment of adult and adolescent primary care delivery in Rwanda: An opportunity for quality improvement

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Vasan, Ashwin ^a,b,c   Anatole, Manzi ^a,d   Mezzacappa, Catherine ^a,e   Hedt Gauthier, Bethany L ^a,d,e   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^a,e,f   Nkikabahizi, Fulgence ^g   Hagenimana, Marc ^g   Ndayisaba, Aphrodis ^a   Cyamatare, Felix R ^a   Nzeyimana, Bonaventure ^g   Drobac, Peter ^a,e,f   Gupta, Neil ^a,e  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Africa; IMAI; Integration; Nurses; Outpatient department; Primary care; Quality improvement; Resource limited settings; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RWANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890298221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-518     Document Type: Article

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