Do strategies to improve quality of maternal and child health care in lower and middle income countries lead to improved outcomes? A review of the evidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dettrick, Zoe ^a   Firth, Sonja ^a   Soto, Eliana Jimenez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891906303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083070     Document Type: Review

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