Health system strengthening in Cambodia-A case study of health policy response to social transition

Health Policy

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 107-115

  Grundy, John ^a   Khut, Qiu Yi ^b   Oum, Sophal ^c   Annear, Peter ^a   Ky, Veng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Cambodia)

^d Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Contracting; Decentralization; Health financing; Health systems strengthening; Policy analysis; Social transition

Indexed keywords

CAMBODIA; CASE STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CAMBODIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 68949211089     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.05.001     Document Type: Review

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