Estimating the global impact of poor quality of care on maternal and neonatal outcomes in 81 low-and middle-income countries: a modeling study

VB Chou, N Walker, M Kanyangarara - PLoS medicine, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background In low-resource settings where disease burdens remain high and many health
facilities lack essentials such as drugs or commodities, functional equipment, and trained …

[HTML][HTML] Does high workload reduce the quality of healthcare? Evidence from rural Senegal

R Kovacs, M Lagarde - Journal of Health Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a widely held perception that staff shortages in low and middle-income countries
(LMICs) lead to excessive workloads, which in turn worsen the quality of healthcare. Yet …

Comparability of family planning quality of care measurement tools in low-and-middle income country settings: a systematic review

E Hazel, D Mohan, M Gross… - Reproductive health, 2021 - Springer
Background In low-and-middle income countries (LMICs), accurate measures of the
elements of quality care provided by a health worker through family planning services (also …

Patient volume and quality of primary care in Ethiopia: findings from the routine health information system and the 2014 service provision assessment survey

C Arsenault, B Yakob, T Tilahun, TG Nigatu… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Several studies have reported inadequate levels of quality of care in the
Ethiopian health system. Facility characteristics associated with better quality remain …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of the quality of care provided to sick children in Ethiopian health facilities

NB Bayou, BH Tesfaye, K Alemu… - Journal of Global …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Despite the increasing number of primary studies on the quality of health care
for sick children in Ethiopia, the findings have not been systematically synthesised to inform …

[HTML][HTML] Health care provider decision-making and the quality of maternity care: An analysis of postpartum care in Kenyan hospitals

D Han, E Clarke-Deelder, N Miller, K Opondo… - Social science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Evidence suggests that health care providers' non-adherence to clinical guidelines is
widespread and contributes to poor patient outcomes across low-and middle-income …

Assessing the quality of care in sick child services at health facilities in Ethiopia

T Getachew, SM Abebe, M Yitayal, LÅ Persson… - BMC health services …, 2020 - Springer
Background Quality of care depends on system, facility, provider, and client-level factors. We
aimed at examining structural and process quality of services for sick children and its …

Costs and resource needs for primary health care in Ethiopia: evidence to inform planning and budgeting for universal health coverage

A Alebachew, E Abdella, S Abera, E Dessie… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has made significant progress in expanding
access to primary health care (PHC) over the past 15 years. However, achieving national …

Does health worker performance affect clients' health behaviors? A multilevel analysis from Bangladesh

A Epstein, C Moucheraud, H Sarma, M Rahman… - BMC health services …, 2019 - Springer
Background Suboptimal healthcare quality may be a barrier to achieving child health
improvements, yet little is known about the relationship between provider compliance with …

Characterizing health care provider knowledge: evidence from HIV services in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia

C Pineda-Antunez, D Contreras-Loya… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Identifying approaches to improve levels of health care provider knowledge in
resource-poor settings is critical. We assessed level of provider knowledge for HIV testing …