Why do case studies on national health research systems matter? Identifying common challenges in low- and middle-income countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2072-2078

  D'Souza, Carol ^a   Sadana, Ritu ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case studies; Health research system; Low and middle income countries

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; RESEARCH;

CASE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLICY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33644559988     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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