Health systems performance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Governance, outcome and equity

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Olafsdottir, Anna E ^a   Reidpath, Daniel D ^b   Pokhrel, Subhash ^a   Allotey, Pascale ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955091565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-237     Document Type: Article

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