Where are the NGOs and why? The distribution of health and development NGOs in Bolivia

Globalization and Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Galway, Lindsay P ^a   Corbett, Kitty K ^a   Zeng, Leilei ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Count data; Global health and development; Multiple regression; NGOs; Nongovernmental organizations

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GIS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POPULATION SIZE; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BOLIVIA;

BOLIVIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84869870796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-38     Document Type: Article

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