Untangling Gordian knots: Improving tuberculosis control through the development of 'programme theories'

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-226

  Coker, Richard ^a   Atun, R ^b   McKee, M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health system; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THEORY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; POLITICS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 4544295324     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.759     Document Type: Article

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