The private sector role in HIV/AIDS in the context of an expanded global response: Expenditure trends in five sub-Saharan African countries

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Sulzbach, Sara ^a   De, Susna ^b   Wang, Wenjuan ^c  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Office of Health and HIV/AIDS   (Namibia)

^c Demographic and Health Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care financing; HIV response; private sector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALAWI; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RWANDA; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALAWI; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RWANDA; TANZANIA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79960367472     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr031     Document Type: Article

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