The effect of social franchising on access to and quality of health services in low- and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Koehlmoos, Tracey Perez ^a   Gazi, Rukhsana ^b   Hossain, S Shahed ^b   Zaman, K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDRB Division of Health Systems and Infectious Diseases   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

*Quality indicators, health care; *Social marketing; Community health services organization administration; standards ; Developing countries; Health services accessibility *standards ; Humans; Private sector *standards

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBASE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MARKETING; MASS MEDIUM; MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SOCIAL FRANCHISING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

EID: 70249130825     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007136.pub2     Document Type: Review

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