Variation in quality of primary-care services in Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda and the united republic of Tanzania;Variation de la qualité des services de soins primaires au Kenya, au Malawi, en Namibie, en Ouganda, en République-Unie de Tanzanie, au Rwanda et au Sénégal;Variación de la calidad de los servicios de atención primaria en Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, la República Unida de Tanzanía, Rwanda, Senegal y Uganda

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 408-418

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a   Chukwuma, Adanna ^a   Mbaruku, Godfrey ^b   Leslie, Hannah H ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BUILDING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALAWI; NAMIBIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RWANDA; SENEGAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA; MALAWI; NAMIBIA; RWANDA; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020099579     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.175869     Document Type: Article

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