Moving towards routine evaluation of quality of inpatient pediatric care in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Gathara, David ^a   Nyamai, Rachael ^b   Were, Fred ^c   Mogoa, Wycliffe ^b   Karumbi, Jamlick ^b   Kihuba, Elesban ^b   Mwinga, Stephen ^b   Aluvaala, Jalemba ^b,c   Mulaku, Mercy ^c   Kosgei, Rose ^c   Todd, Jim ^e   Allen, Elizabeth ^e   English, Mike ^a,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCUMENTATION; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KENYA; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84926359830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117048     Document Type: Article

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