Health policy processes in maternal health: A comparison of Vietnam, India and China

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Green, Andrew ^a   Gerein, Nancy ^a   Mirzoev, Tolib ^a   Bird, Philippa ^a   Pearson, Stephen ^a   Anh, Le Vu ^b   Martineau, Tim ^c   Mukhopadhyay, Maitrayee ^d   Qian, Xu ^e   Ramani, K V ^f   Soors, Werner ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^g INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actors; China; Context; Evidence; Health policy processes; India; Maternal health; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; VIET NAM;

CHINA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; POLICY MAKING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIETNAM;

EID: 79954882402     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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