The decentralisation-centralisation dilemma: Recruitment and distribution of health workers in remote districts of Tanzania

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Munga, Michael A ^a,b   Songstad, Nils Gunnar ^a   Blystad, Astrid ^a   Mæstad, Ottar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 67650257568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-9     Document Type: Article

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