Priority setting in developing countries health care institutions: The case of a Ugandan hospital

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kapiriri, Lydia ^a   Martin, Douglas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SURGICAL WARD; UGANDA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UGANDA;

EID: 33750108162     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-127     Document Type: Review

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