Task sharing within a managed clinical network to improve child health in Malawi

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  O'Hare, Bernadette ^a,b   Phiri, Ajib ^a   Lang, Hans Joerg ^c   Friesen, Hanny ^a   Kennedy, Neil ^a   Kawaza, Kondwani ^a   Jana, Collins E ^a   Chirambo, George ^a   Mulwafu, Wakisa ^a   Heikens, Geert T ^a   Mipando, Mwapatsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child health; Managed clinical networks; Non physician clinicians; Paediatrics; Sub Saharan Africa; Task sharing; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALAWI; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALAWI; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION; WORK;

EID: 84937559365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0053-z     Document Type: Article

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