Finding affordable health workforce targets in low-income nations

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1376-1382

  Bossert, Thomas J ^a   Ono, Tomoko ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77958031133     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0443     Document Type: Review

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