Nursing and midwife staffing needs in maternity wards in Burkina Faso referral hospitals

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ly, Antarou ^a   Kouanda, Séni ^a,b,c   Ridde, Valéry ^d,e  

^a Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^b Kaya HDSS   (Burkina Faso)

^c Institut Africain de Sante Publique   (Burkina Faso)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health worker; Hospital referral; Workload

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; DELIVERY ROOM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; STAFF; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MANPOWER; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84964694318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-S1-S8     Document Type: Article

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