Contextual influences on health worker motivation in district hospitals in Kenya

Implementation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mbindyo, Patrick ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c   Blaauw, Duane ^d   English, Mike ^a,e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68949190572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-43     Document Type: Article

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