Challenges and opportunities for policy decisions to address health equity in developing health systems: Case study of the policy processes in the Indian state of Orissa

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gopalan, Saji S ^a   Mohanty, Satyanarayan ^b   Das, Ashis ^a  

^a Abad Aquarius   (India)

^b DCOR Consulting Private Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

developing health systems; health equity; health sector reforms; India; policy processes

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; EQUITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER;

CASE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INDIA; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

INDIA; ORISSA;

EID: 81255128164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-55     Document Type: Review

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