Assessing the quality of primary care in Haiti;Évaluation de la qualité des soins de santé primaires en Haïti;Evaluación de la calidad de la atención primaria en Haití

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 182-190

  Gage, Anna D ^a   Leslie, Hannah H ^a   Bitton, Asaf ^b   Jerome, J Gregory ^c   Thermidor, Roody ^d   Joseph, Jean Paul ^c   Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Zanmi Lasante   (Haïti)

^d Ministry of Health   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; FACILITY LOCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

HAITI; HAITIAN; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HAITI; HISPANIOLA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85014701903     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.179846     Document Type: Article

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