Innovation and participation for healthy public policy: The first National Health Assembly in Thailand

Health Expectations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-96

  Rasanathan, Kumanan ^a   Posayanonda, Tipicha ^b   Birmingham, Maureen ^a   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b National Health Commission Office   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health systems; Intersectoral action; Participation; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; THAILAND;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; THAILAND;

EID: 84857433167     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2010.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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