The effectiveness of contracting-out primary health care services in developing countries: A review of the evidence

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Liu, Xingzhu ^a   Hotchkiss, David R ^b   Bose, Sujata ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Literature review; Primary health care services; Private sector

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; OUTSOURCED SERVICES;

EID: 37549041670     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czm042     Document Type: Article

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