Health management information system utilization in Pakistan: Challenges, pitfalls and the way forward

BioScience Trends

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 245-254

  Qazi, Muhammad Suleman ^a   Ali, Moazzam ^b  

^a LEAD International   (Pakistan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health management information system (HMIS); Health managers perceptions; Pakistan; Use of information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84857554405     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5582/bst.2011.v5.6.245     Document Type: Article

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