Perioperative Care and the Importance of Continuous Quality Improvement--A Controlled Intervention Study in Three Tanzanian Hospitals.

Surgical services are increasingly seen to reduce death and disability in Sub-Saharan Africa, where hospital-based mortality remains alarmingly high. This study explores two implementation approaches to improve the quality of perioperative care in a Tanzanian hospital. Effects were compared to a con...

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Main Authors: Goetz Bosse, Wiltrud Abels, Ferdinand Mtatifikolo, Baltazar Ngoli, Bruno Neuner, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Claudia Spies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4556680?pdf=render