Understanding the barriers to setting up a healthcare quality improvement process in resource-limited settings: A situational analysis at the Medical Department of Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Agyeman Duah, Josephine Nana Afrakoma ^a   Theurer, Antje ^b,c   Munthali, Charles ^c   Alide, Noor ^b   Neuhann, Florian ^d  

^a Kamuzu Central Hospital ^*  (Ghana)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c St Katharinen Hospital   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barriers to quality improvement; Healthcare in resource limited settings; Healthcare quality improvement; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84891761207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-1     Document Type: Article

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