Decentralisation and its implications for reproductive health: The Philippines experience

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 96-107

  Lakshminarayanan, Rama ^a,b  

^a International Women's Health Coalition   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Devolution; Health sector reforms; Philippines; Reproductive health services

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0038510875     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02168-2     Document Type: Article

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