The performance of health workers in Ethiopia: Results from qualitative research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2225-2235

  Lindelow, Magnus ^a   Serneels, Pieter ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Health worker performance; Human resources for health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH; WORKER POLICING;

ABSENTEEISM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33644889368     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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