Open AccessAre we monitoring the quality of cataract surgery services? A qualitative situation analysis of attitudes and practices in a large city in South Africa
Author(s) -
Oluwatosin O O Haastrup,
John Buchán,
Andy Cassels-Brown,
Colin Cook
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.151878
Subject(s) - snowball sampling , medicine , thematic analysis , audit , nonprobability sampling , interview , qualitative research , quality assurance , cataract surgery , family medicine , medical education , optometry , nursing , environmental health , surgery , population , social science , management , pathology , sociology , political science , law , economics , external quality assessment
To evaluate the current quality "assurance" and "improvement" mechanisms, the knowledge, attitudes and practices of cataract surgeons in a large South African city.