Aid coordination for health sector reform: A conceptual framework for analysis and assessment

Health Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-187

  Buse, Kent ^a   Walt, Gill ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aid coordination; aid management; health policy; health sector reform; international assistance

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030561079     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8510(96)00855-X     Document Type: Article

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