A standardized health information system for refugee settings: Rationale, challenges and the way forward

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 792-794

  Haskew, C ^a   Spiegel, P ^a   Tomczyk, B ^b   Cornier, N ^c   Hering, H ^a  

^a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   (Kenya)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; REFUGEE; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFUGEE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77957807272     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.074096     Document Type: Article

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