Challenges to fair decision-making processes in the context of health care services: A qualitative assessment from Tanzania

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Shayo, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Norheim, Ole F ^a   Mboera, Leonard E G ^b   Byskov, Jens ^c   Maluka, Stephen ^d   Kamuzora, Peter ^d   Blystad, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Decision making processes; Fairness; Health care services; Health systems

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84861854228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-30     Document Type: Article

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