The safety, efficacy and acceptability of task sharing tubal sterilization to midlevel providers: A systematic review

Contraception

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 504-511

  Rodriguez, Maria Isabel ^a   Gordon Maclean, Cristin ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female sterilization; Midlevel provider; Task sharing; Task shifting; Tubal ligation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; UTERINE TUBE STERILIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MANPOWER; MIDWIFE; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EFFICACY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK SHARING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RATING; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84901616235     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2014.01.008     Document Type: Review

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