Systematic review of patients’ views on the quality of primary health care in sub-Saharan Africa

SAGE Open Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ogaji, Daprim S ^a,b   Giles, Sally ^c   Daker White, Gavin ^c   Bower, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaluation; Patient views; preference; primary health care; report; sub Saharan Africa; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CINAHL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EMBASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCINFO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85011638411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20503121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2050312115608338     Document Type: Review

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