Wait and consult times for primary healthcare services in central Mozambique: a time-motion study

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Wagenaar, Bradley H ^a,b   Gimbel, Sarah ^a,b   Hoek, Roxanne ^b,c   Pfeiffer, James ^a,b   Michel, Cathy ^b   Cuembelo, Fatima ^d   Quembo, Titos ^b,c   Afonso, Pires ^b,c   Gloyd, Stephen ^a,b   Lambdin, Barrot H ^a,e   Micek, Mark A ^a,b   Porthé, Victoria ^b,c   Sherr, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e Pangea Global AIDS   (United States)

Author keywords

health professionals; health services research; healthcare allocation; maternal and child health; maternity services; primary health care; priority setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; MOZAMBIQUE; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL HOSPITAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 85076008840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.31980     Document Type: Article

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