Clinical management of children with fever: A cross-sectional study of quality of care in rural zambia;Prise en charge clinique des enfants fiévreux: Une étude transversale de la qualité des soins dans des zones rurales de Zambie;Gestión clínica de niños con fiebre: Un estudio transversal de la calidad de la atención en la Zambia rural

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 333-342

  Lunze, Karsten ^a   Biemba, Godfrey ^b   Lawrence, J Joseph ^b   Macleod, William B ^c   Yeboah Antwi, Kojo ^c   Musokotwane, Kebby ^d   Ajayi, Toyin ^e   Mutembo, Simon ^d   Puta, Chilunga ^f   Earle, Duncan ^f   Steketee, Rick ^g   Hamer, Davidson H ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Zambia Centre for Applied Health Research and Development   (Zambia)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^e Commonwealth Care Alliance ^*  (United States)

^f PATH   (Zambia)

^g PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ESSENTIAL DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG; GUIDELINE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; INFECTIVITY; MALARIA; PNEUMONIA; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RASH; SAMPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION; ZAMBIA;

SOUTHERN PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; ZAMBIA;

NICA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIARRHEA; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; FEVER; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85018263369     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.170092     Document Type: Article

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