Primary health care in practice: Is it effective?

Health Policy

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-325

  Lewis, Maureen ^a   Eskeland, Gunnar ^c   Traa Valerezo, Ximena ^b  

^a CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Demand and utilization; Effectiveness and efficiency of PHC; Hospital; NGO; PHC costs; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EL SALVADOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKILL;

EID: 5444252354     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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