Successful priority setting in low and middle income countries: A framework for evaluation

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-147

  Kapiriri, Lydia ^a   Martin, Douglas K ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation framework; Low and middle income countries; Priority setting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77954564978     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-009-0115-2     Document Type: Article

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