Quality-of-care audits and perinatal mortality in South Africa
Abstract Problem Suboptimal care contributes to perinatal mortality rates. Quality-of-care audits can be used to identify and change suboptimal care, but it is not known if such audits have reduced perinatal mortality in South Africa. Approach We investigated perinatal mortality trends in health fac...
Main Authors: | Emma R Allanson, Robert C Pattinson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2015-06-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862015000600424&lng=en&tlng=en |
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