Planning sustainable community health schemes in rural areas of developing countries

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 768-777

  Smith, Honora K ^a   Harper, Paul R ^b   Potts, Chris N ^a   Thyle, Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Emmanuel Hospital Association   (India)

Author keywords

Location; OR in developing countries; OR in health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; RURAL AREAS;

CASE STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH; GROUND LEVELS; HIERARCHICAL MODELLING; LOCATION; OR IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; OR IN HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF-SUSTAINABLE; TOP-DOWN;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

EID: 53449086989     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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