Task shifting of mental health care services in Ghana: Ease of referral, perception and concerns of stakeholders about quality of care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 377-383

  Agyapong, Vincent I O ^a,b,c   Osei, Akwasi ^d   Farren, Conor K ^c   Mcauliffe, Eilish ^e  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Accra Military Hospital   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community mental health workers; Concerns; Psychiatrists; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIC OFFICER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH POLICY DIRECTOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; STAKEHOLDER; WORK; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84943807886     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv058     Document Type: Article

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