Association between infrastructure and observed quality of care in 4 healthcare services: A cross-sectional study of 4,300 facilities in 8 countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Leslie, Hannah H ^a   Sun, Zeye ^a   Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; HAITI; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALAWI; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NAMIBIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; RWANDA; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

DRUG;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAITI; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALAWI; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NAMIBIA; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RWANDA; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 85038377453     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002464     Document Type: Article

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