Twenty criteria to make the best of scarce health resources in developing countries

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7838, 2012, Pages

  Shelton, James D ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DURABILITY; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY FACTOR; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INDIVIDUAL ACCEPTABILITY; INTEGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCALABILITY; SCARCE HEALTH RESOURCE; SELF COMPATIBILITY; SIMPLICITY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIMING DEPENDENCE; WELLBEING; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84859007002     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7023     Document Type: Review

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