Conducting an audit to improve the facilitation of emergency maternal and newborn referral in northern Ghana

Global Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1118-1133

  Awoonor Williams, John Koku ^a,b,c   Bailey, Patricia E ^d,e   Yeji, Francis ^f   Adongo, Ayire Emmanuel ^a   Baffoe, Peter ^g   Williams, Afua ^h   Mercer, Sarah ^d,e  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^g Regional Hospital of Bolgatanga   (Ghana)

^h War Memorial Hospital   (Ghana)

Author keywords

audit; facilitation of referral; Ghana; maternal and newborn referrals; referral

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL AUDIT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84941811327     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1027247     Document Type: Article

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