Clinical and perceived quality of care for maternal, neonatal and antenatal care in Kenya and Namibia: The service provision assessment

Reproductive Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Diamond Smith, Nadia ^a   Sudhinaraset, May ^a   Montagu, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery; Large nationally representative datasets; Maternal health; Quality of care; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KENYA; MATERNAL WELFARE; NAMIBIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PRENATAL CARE; SANITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; STANDARDS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NAMIBIA; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84992036258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-016-0208-y     Document Type: Article

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