Obstetric audit in resource-poor settings: Lessons from a multi-country project auditing 'near miss' obstetrical emergencies

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-66

  Filippi, Veronique ^a   Brugha, Ruairi ^a   Browne, Edmund ^b   Gohou, Valerie ^c   Bacci, Alberta ^d,h,i   De Brouwere, Vincent ^e   Sahel, Amina ^f   Goufodji, Sourou ^g   Alihonou, Eusebe ^g,j   Ronsmans, Carine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f Institut National d'Administration Sanitaire Morocco   (Morocco)

^g Ctr Rech Repro Hum/Demographie   (Benin)

^h INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

ⁱ WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^j Clin Univ Gynecol/d'Obstetrique

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Author keywords

Audit; Complications; Maternal health; Methodology; Near miss; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LEADERSHIP; MANAGER; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WORKER;

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRICS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 9144228633     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czh007     Document Type: Article

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