The impact of global health initiatives on trust in health care provision under extreme resource scarcity: presenting an agenda for debate from a case study of emergency obstetric care in Northern Tanzania

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Olsen, Øystein E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 77952510513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-8-14     Document Type: Article

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