Public health care under pressure in sub-Saharan Africa

Health Policy

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-382

  Streefland, Pieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3by5; Public health care; Public private mix; Quality of care; Scarcity; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 13444311623     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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