Making health markets work better for poor people: The case of informal providers

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Bloom, Gerald ^a   Standing, Hilary ^a   Lucas, Henry ^a   Bhuiya, Abbas ^b   Oladepo, Oladimeji ^c   Peters, David H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

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

Author keywords

accountability; health markets; Informal providers; regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BANGLADESH; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; NIGERIA; POVERTY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960368851     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr025     Document Type: Article

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