Building the field of health policy and systems research: Framing the questions

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Sheikh, Kabir ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c   Agyepong, Irene Akua ^d   Hanson, Kara ^c   Ssengooba, Freddie ^e   Bennett, Sara ^f  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH POLICY AND SYSTEM RESEARCH; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; SYMPOSIUM; WORKSHOP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE; LEARNING; SOCIOECONOMICS; RESEARCH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 80052305350     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001073     Document Type: Article

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