Health workers at the core of the health system: Framework and research issues

Health Policy

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 185-191

  Anand, Sudhir ^a,b   Bärnighausen, Till ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health system; Health worker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL;

EID: 84859771813     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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