Translating knowledge into policy and action to promote health equity: The Health Equity Fund policy process in Cambodia 2000-2008

Health Policy

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-209

  Ir, Por ^a,b   Bigdeli, Maryam ^c   Meessen, Bruno ^b   Van Damme, Wim ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Health equity; Health Equity Fund; Health policy; Knowledge; Knowledge translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNDING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EQUITY FUND; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAX; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT;

CAMBODIA; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954458251     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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