Decentralisation, Governance and Health-System Performance: 'Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit'

Development Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 669-691

  Mitchell, Andrew ^a   Bossert, Thomas J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Governance; Health

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

EID: 79251508670     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2010.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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