Decentralizing the health service delivery system in an emerging democracy: A case study of organizational change, civil society participation and local institution building in Paraguay

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 655-672

  Rosenbaum, Allan ^a   Rodriguez Acosta, Cristina ^b   Rojas, Maria Victoria ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

PARAGUAY;

EID: 0034490847     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852300664007     Document Type: Article

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