Hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa: Why we need more of what does not work as it should

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 799-808

  Van Lerberghe, W ^a   De Bethune X ^a   De Brouwere, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; health care financing; hospitals; policy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICE REFORM;

AFRICA; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; REVIEW;

(SUB-SAHARA); AFRICA;

EID: 0030788534     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-382.x     Document Type: Review

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