Quality of outpatient hospital care for children under 5 years in Afghanistan
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Quality of outpatient hospital care for children under 5 years in Afghanistan.
OBJECTIVE To determine the quality of outpatient hospital care for children under 5 years in Afghanistan. DESIGN Case management observations were conducted on 10-12 children under five selected by systematic random sampling in 31 outpatient hospital clinics across the country, followed by interviews with caretakers and providers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Quality of care defined as adherence t...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1353-4505,1464-3677
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq081