Planning and costing human resources for health

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9613, 2008, Pages 693-695

  Glassman, Amanda ^a   Becker, Loren ^a   Makinen, Marty ^a   de Ferranti, David ^a  

^a Health Financing Task Force   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 39449136505     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60311-6     Document Type: Review

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