Management of mutual health organizations in Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 654-659

  Baltussen, R ^a,b,f   Bruce, E ^c   Rhodes, G ^d   Narh Bana, S A ^c   Agyepong, I ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^d ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e Regional Health Administration Cape Coast   (Ghana)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community based health insurance; Ghana; Health financing; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; COST; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COST; DECISION MAKING; FORGERY; GHANA; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORALITY; STAFF;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646267943     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01621.x     Document Type: Article

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