Decentralization and health care prioritization process in Tanzania: From national rhetoric to local reality

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages e102-e120

  Maluka, Stephen Oswald ^b   Hurtig, Anna Karin ^b   Sebastián, Miguel San ^b   Shayo, Elizabeth ^c   Byskov, Jens ^d   Kamuzora, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)   (Tanzania)

^d DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Health care; Priority setting; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH SERVICES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LITERATURE REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIORITIZATION; WELFARE REFORM;

TANZANIA;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLITICS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TANZANIA;

EID: 79959264948     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.1048     Document Type: Article

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