Cost recovery of NGO primary health care facilities: A case study in Bangladesh

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Alam, Khurshid ^a,b   Ahmed, Shakil ^c  

^a BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDRB Division of Health Systems and Infectious Diseases   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE;

EID: 77954353944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-8-12     Document Type: Article

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