Service delivery in Kenyan district hospitals - what can we learn from literature on mid-level managers?

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nzinga, Jacinta ^a   Mbaabu, Lairumbi ^a   English, Mike ^a,b  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competencies; Health care settings; Hospitals; Mid level managers; Middle managers; Roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874204663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-11-10     Document Type: Review

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