Understanding pathways for scaling up health services through the lens of complex adaptive systems

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 365-373

  Paina, Ligia ^a   Peters, David H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex adaptive systems; health planning; health systems; scaling up

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNITED NATIONS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84864552036     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr054     Document Type: Article

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