Assessing the validity of indicators of the quality of maternal and newborn health care in Kenya

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Blanc, Ann K ^a   Warren, Charlotte ^a   McCarthy, Katharine J ^a   Kimani, James ^b   Ndwiga, Charity ^b   RamaRao, Saumya ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84999266578     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.010405     Document Type: Article

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