Addressing access barriers to health services: An analytical framework for selectingappropriate interventions in low-income Asian countries

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 288-300

  Jacobs, Bart ^a   Ir, Por ^b,c   Bigdeli, Maryam ^d   Annear, Peter Leslie ^e   Van Damme, Wim ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access barriers; analytical framework; demand side; effectiveness; interventions; supply side

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CAMBODIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 84862528671     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr038     Document Type: Article

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