The Scale of Faith Based Organization Participation in Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries: Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Kagawa, Rose Calnin ^a   Anglemyer, Andrew ^a   Montagu, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84869025494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048457     Document Type: Article

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