The know-do gap in quality of health care for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in rural india

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 349-357

  Mohanan, Manoj ^a   Vera Hernández, Marcos ^b   Das, Veena ^c   Giardili, Soledad ^b   Goldhaber Fiebert, Jeremy D ^d   Rabin, Tracy L ^e   Raj, Sunil S ^f   Schwartz, Jeremy I ^e   Seth, Aparna ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Indian Institute of Public Health   (India)

^g Engineers India Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; VIGNETTE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FLUID THERAPY; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84928239748     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3445     Document Type: Article

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