Identifying perceived barriers to monitoring service quality among substance abuse treatment providers in South Africa

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Myers, Bronwyn ^a,b   Petersen, Zainonisa ^a   Kader, Rehana ^b   Koch, J R ^c   Manderscheid, Ron ^d   Govender, Rajen ^b   Parry, Charles D H ^a,e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Association of County Behavioral Health   (United States)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Performance measurement; Service monitoring; Service quality; South Africa; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB STRESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGIST; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL WORKER; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84893204534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-31     Document Type: Article

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