Evaluation of the timeliness and completeness of communicable disease reporting: Surveillance in the Cuban Hospital, Qatar

Qatar Medical Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Garcell, Humberto Guanche ^a   Hernandez, Tania M Fernandez ^a   Abdo, Elmusbasher Abu Baker ^b   Arias, Ariadna Villanueva ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b Supreme Council of Health   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Evaluation; Hospital based surveillance; Qatar

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CUBAN; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; QATAR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84907829590     PISSN: 02538253     EISSN: 22270426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5339/qmj.2014.9     Document Type: Article

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