"The problem of the worst-off is dealt with after all other issues": The equity and health policy implementation gap in Burkina Faso

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1368-1378

  Ridde, Valéry ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Bamako initiative; Burkina Faso; Equity; Policy streams

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38949162171     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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