From public to private and back again: Sustaining a high service-delivery level during transition of management authority: A Cambodia case study

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-208

  Jacobs, Bart ^a,b,c   Thomé, Jean Marc ^a   Overtoom, Rob ^a   Sam, Sam Oeun ^a   Indermühle, Lorenz ^a   Price, Neil ^b  

^a Swiss Red Cross ^*  (Switzerland)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

contracting; Health systems; performance management; service delivery; user fees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CONTRACT SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77954719046     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp049     Document Type: Article

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