Legacies of primary health care in an age of health sector reform: Vietnam's commune clinics in transition

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1611-1623

  Fritzen, Scott A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health sector reform; Infrastructure; Primary health care; Vietnam; World Bank

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; NATIONAL STRATEGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD BANK;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INVESTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VIET NAM;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33947212307     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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