Health sector reforms in Kenya: An examination of district level planning

Health Policy

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-127

  Oyaya, Charles O ^a   Rifkin, Susan B ^a,b,c,d  

^a Trop Inst Comm Hlth/Devmt   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Health sector reforms; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; KENYA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; KENYA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037375707     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00164-1     Document Type: Article

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