Harmonizing health information systems with information systems in other social and economic sectors

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 590-596

  Macfarlane, Sarah B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic indicators; Health status indicators; Information systems organization and administration manpower; Intersectoral cooperation; Poverty; Social indicators; Statistics organization and administration

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEM;

AFRICA; DATA ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844531917     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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