Basing care reforms on evidence: The Kenya health sector costing model

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Flessa, Steffen ^a   Moeller, Michael ^b   Ensor, Tim ^c   Hornetz, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b German International Cooperation (GIZ)   (Kenya)

^c Oxford Policy Management   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KENYA; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KENYA; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79957515080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-128     Document Type: Article

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