How can we achieve and maintain high-quality performance of health workers in low-resource settings?

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9490, 2005, Pages 1026-1035

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a   De Savigny, Don ^b,c   Lanata, Claudio F ^d   Victora, Cesar G ^e  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Tanzania Ministry of Health   (Tanzania)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 24944557897     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67028-6     Document Type: Review

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