Public-private partnerships and new models of healthcare access

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-513

  Lange, Joep M A ^a,b   Schellekens, Onno P ^b   Lindner, Marianne ^b   Van Der Gaag, Jacques ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Insurance; Private sector; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INVESTMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

EID: 67649619498     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e3283031c67     Document Type: Review

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