Quality of basic maternal care functions in health facilities of five African countries: an analysis of national health system surveys

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2016, Pages e845-e855

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a   Leslie, Hannah H ^a   Verguet, Stéphane ^a   Mbaruku, Godfrey M ^b   Adanu, Richard M K ^c   Langer, Ana ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NAMIBIA; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NAMIBIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; SECONDARY CARE; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84995488454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30180-2     Document Type: Article

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