Firm-level perspectives on public sector engagement with private healthcare providers: Survey evidence from Ghana and Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Sood, Neeraj ^a   Burger, Nicholas ^b   Yoong, Joanne ^b   Kopf, Dan ^b   Spreng, Connor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; KENYA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECHNICAL AND DOMESTIC HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEGAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; HUMANS; KENYA; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 81755184029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027194     Document Type: Article

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