Assessing health system performance in developing countries: A review of the literature

Health Policy

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-276

  Kruk, Margaret Elizabeth ^a,b   Freedman, Lynn P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health indicators; Health metrics; Health system performance; Health systems

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 38749112908     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.09.003     Document Type: Review

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