Costs and financing of improvements in the quality of maternal health services through the Bamako initiative in Nigeria

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-384

  Ogunbekun, Ibukun ^a   Adeyi, Olusoji ^b   Wouters, Annemarie ^c,e   Morrow, Richard H ^d,e  

^a Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation   (Nigeria)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; FUNDS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES EVALUATION; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES--COST; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT; WESTERN AFRICA;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NIGERIA; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0030475030     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/11.4.369     Document Type: Review

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