Franchising reproductive health services

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6 II, 2004, Pages 2053-2080

  Stephenson, Rob ^a   Tsui, Amy Ong ^b   Sulzbach, Sara ^c   Bardsley, Phil ^d   Bekele, Getachew ^e   Giday, Tilahun ^f   Ahmed, Rehana ^g   Gopalkrishnan, Gopi ^h   Feyesitan, Bamikale ⁱ  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Inst for Pop and Repro Health

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^e MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^f PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h Janani   (India)

ⁱ Health International   (United States)

Author keywords

Franchising; Reproductive health; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SATISFACTION;

EID: 10044219587     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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