Mapping mental health finances in Ghana, Uganda, Sri Lanka, India and Lao PDR

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Raja, Shoba ^a   Wood, Sarah K ^a   De Menil, Victoria ^b   Mannarath, Saju C ^a  

^a Policy and Practice Directorate   (India)

^b BasicNeeds   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952695801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-4-11     Document Type: Article

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