An implementation evaluation of a policy aiming to improve financial access to maternal health care in Djibo district, Burkina Faso

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Belaid, Loubna ^a   Ridde, Valéry ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Evaluation; Health policy; Implementation; Micro interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; COMMUNITY CARE; EQUIPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGER; MATERNAL CARE; MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURKINA FASO; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84870514308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-143     Document Type: Article

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