Microfinance investments in quality at private clinics in Uganda: A case-control study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Seiber, Eric E ^a   Robinson, Amara L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Independent Researcher   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; UGANDA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INVESTMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 39049096664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-168     Document Type: Article

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