A sustainability assessment of a health equity fund initiative in Cambodia

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-203

  Jacobs, Bart ^a   Price, Neil ^b   Sam, Sam Oeun ^a  

^a Swiss Red Cross   (Cambodia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Faith based organizations; Health equity funds; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; SUSTAINABILITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

CAMBODIA; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 35648949425     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.890     Document Type: Article

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