Improving the quality of health care when health workers are in short supply

Working Paper - Chr. Michelsen Institute

Volumn , Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1-25

  Mæstad, Ottar ^a   Torsvik, Gaute ^b  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INCENTIVE; LABOR SUPPLY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 77950342732     PISSN: 08043639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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