Medical record bias in documentation of obstetric and neonatal clinical quality of care indicators in Uganda
Despite improvements in health service coverage in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), the quality of care (QoC) is often poor.1 –4 In eight LMICs, a weak correlation between healthcare coverage and QoC was reported.2 In Ethiopia, the national crude coverage of antenatal care was 62.4 percent; however, quality was significantly lower at 34.4 percent for the antenatal care visits in 2016.5
Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Min Kyung Kim, Joy Noel Baumgartner, Jennifer Headley, Julius Kirya, James Kaggwa, Joseph R. Egger Source Type: research