Health systems research in a low-income country: easier said than done

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 540-544

  English, Mike ^a,b,f   Irimu, Grace ^a,c   Wamae, Annah ^d   Were, Fred ^c   Wasunna, Aggrey ^c   Fegan, Greg ^a,e   Peshu, Norbert ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

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

^f KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 45549093605     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.126466     Document Type: Article

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