The struggle for district-based health information systems in South Africa

Information Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-127

  Braa, Jørn ^a   Hedberg, Calle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Action research; Decentralization; Empowerment; Health information systems; Information systems development; South Africa; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036017130     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240290075048     Document Type: Article

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