Comparing private sector family planning services to government and NGO services in Ethiopia and Pakistan: How do social franchises compare across quality, equity and cost?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Shah, Nirali M ^a   Wang, Wenjuan ^b   Bishai, David M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

equity; Ethiopia; family planning; Franchise; Pakistan; private sector; quality; reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; STANDARD;

ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79960346141     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr027     Document Type: Article

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