Beyond utilization: Measuring effective coverage of obstetric care along the quality Cascade

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 104-110

  Larson, Elysia ^a   Vail, Daniel ^b   Mbaruku, Godfrey M ^c   Mbatia, Redempta ^d   Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d Tanzania Health Promotion Support   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Effective coverage; Health services research; Maternal and newborn health; Measurement of quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL AUDIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 85017260591     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw141     Document Type: Article

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