Explaining the effects of a multifaceted intervention to improve inpatient care in rural Kenyan hospitals--interpretation based on retrospective examination of data from participant observation, quantitative and qualitative studies.

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Published in Implement Sci on December 02, 2011

Authors

Mike English1, Jacinta Nzinga, Patrick Mbindyo, Philip Ayieko, Grace Irimu, Lairumbi Mbaabu

Author Affiliations

1: KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O. Box 43640, Nairobi 00100, Kenya. menglish@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org

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