Exploring sources of variability in adherence to guidelines across hospitals in low-income settings: A multi-level analysis of a cross-sectional survey of 22 hospitals

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gathara, David ^a   English, Mike ^a,b   van Hensbroek, Michael Boele ^c   Todd, Jim ^d   Allen, Elizabeth ^d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Clinicians; Diarrhoea dehydration; Hospitals; Intra class correlation; Low income settings; Malaria; Multi level models; Paediatrics; Pneumonia; Variability

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY AREAS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84928623689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0245-x     Document Type: Article

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