Policy initiation and political levers in health policy: Lessons from Ghanas health insurance

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Seddoh, Anthony ^a   Akor, Samuel Akortey ^b  

^a Centre for Health and Social Services   (Ghana)

^b Read wide House   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GHANA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

GHANA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862730506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-S1-S10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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