Using and joining a franchised private sector provider network in Myanmar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  O'Connell, Kathryn ^a   Hom, Mo ^a   Aung, Tin ^a   Theuss, Marc ^a   Huntington, Dale ^b  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERCEPTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MYANMAR; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYMBIOSIS; WORKPLACE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PRIVATE SECTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83255192919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028364     Document Type: Article

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