Equity in health care in Namibia: Developing a needs-based resource allocation formula using principal components analysis

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zere, Eyob ^a   Mandlhate, Custodia ^a   Mbeeli, Thomas ^b   Shangula, Kalumbi ^b   Mutirua, Kauto ^b   Kapenambili, William ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health and Social Services   (Namibia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; NAMIBIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 34147171050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-6-3     Document Type: Article

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