Approaches to improve the quality of maternal and newborn health care: An overview of the evidence

Reproductive Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Austin, Anne ^a   Langer, Ana ^a   Salam, Rehana A ^b   Lassi, Zohra S ^b   Das, Jai K ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84906967732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-S2-S1     Document Type: Article

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