Measuring Health System Strengthening: Application of the Balanced Scorecard Approach to Rank the Baseline Performance of Three Rural Districts in Zambia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Mutale, Wilbroad ^a,b   Godfrey Fausset, Peter ^b   Mwanamwenge, Margaret Tembo ^c   Kasese, Nkatya ^c   Chintu, Namwinga ^b   Balabanova, Dina ^b   Spicer, Neil ^b   Ayles, Helen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RURAL POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84875356253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058650     Document Type: Article

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