Evaluation of a quality improvement intervention for obstetric and neonatal care in selected public health facilities across six states of India

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sarin, Enisha ^a   Kole, Subir K ^b   Patel, Rachana ^c   Sooden, Ankur ^d   Kharwal, Sanchit ^e   Singh, Rashmi ^f   Rahimzai, Mirwais ^a   Livesley, Nigel ^d  

^a United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (Uganda)

^b University Research Company   (India)

^c Stryker India Pvt Ltd   (India)

^d University Research Co   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; Health system strengthening; India; Neonatal care; Obstetric care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018734575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1318-4     Document Type: Article

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