Quality of malaria case management in Malawi: Results from a nationally representative health facility survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Steinhardt, Laura C ^a   Chinkhumba, Jobiba ^b   Wolkon, Adam ^a   Luka, Madalitso ^b   Luhanga, Misheck ^c   Sande, John ^c   Oyugi, Jessica ^a   Ali, Doreen ^c   Mathanga, Don ^b   Skarbinski, Jacek ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTEMISININS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84895894832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089050     Document Type: Article

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