Child Health Partnerships: A review of program characteristics, outcomes and their relationship

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jayaratne, Kapila ^a,b   Kelaher, Margaret ^a   Dunt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77953551247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-172     Document Type: Article

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