Decentralisation and TB control in Nepal: Understanding the views of TB control staff

Health Policy

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 212-227

  Newell, James Nicholas ^a   Collins, Charles D ^a   Baral, Sushil C ^a   Omar, Maye A ^a   Pande, Shanta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; National health programmes; TB control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; NEPAL; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEPAL; POLITICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 20644466417     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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