The effect of enhanced public -private partnerships on Maternal, Newborn and child Health Services and outcomes in Nairobi-Kenya: The PAMANECH quasi-experimental research protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Bakibinga, Pauline ^a   Ettarh, Remare ^a   Ziraba, Abdhalah K ^a   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a   Kamande, Eva ^a   Ngomi, Nicholas ^a   Osindo, Jane ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOCIAL WORK; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; NEWBORN; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY AREAS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS;

EID: 84911434886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006608     Document Type: Article

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