Embedding systematic quality assessments in supportive supervision at primary healthcare level: Application of an electronic Tool to Improve Quality of Healthcare in Tanzania

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mboya, Dominick ^a   Mshana, Christopher ^a   Kessy, Flora ^a   Alba, Sandra ^b   Lengeler, Christian ^c,d   Renggli, Sabine ^c,d   Vander Plaetse, Bart ^e   Mohamed, Mohamed A ^f   Schulze, Alexander ^e,g  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^f and Children   (Tanzania)

^g SWISS AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Quality assessment tool; Quality of health services; Supportive supervision; Tanzania; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBEDDING; EXPECTATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; SATISFACTION; SKILL; TANZANIA; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84992482224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1809-4     Document Type: Article

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