Evaluating large-scale health programmes at a district level in resource-limited countries;Évaluation des programmes sanitaires à grande échelle au niveau du district dans des pays aux ressources limitées

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 831-837

  Svoronos, Theodore ^a   Mate, Kedar S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYNAMICS; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SELECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED NATIONS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80055117163     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.088138     Document Type: Review

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