Minimum obstetric volume in low-income countries

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10070, 2017, Pages 698-

  Straneo, Manuela ^a   Hanson, Claudia ^b   Fogliati, Piera ^a   Mbaruku, Godfrey M ^c  

^a Doctors with Africa CUAMM   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SKILL RETENTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA;

EID: 85013130566     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30342-2     Document Type: Letter

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