The impact of contracting out on health outcomes and use of health services in low and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Lagarde, Mylene ^a   Palmer, Natasha ^a  

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

Author keywords

*Developing countries; *Health services accessibility economics; statistics numerical data ; *Health services needs and demand economics; statistics numerical data ; *Outsourced services economics; statistics numerical data ; *Process assessment (health care)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 73149110381     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008133     Document Type: Review

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