The human resource implications of improving financial risk protection for mothers and newborns in Zimbabwe

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Chirwa, Yotamu ^a   Witter, Sophie ^b   Munjoma, Malvern ^a   Mashange, Wilson ^a   Ensor, Tim ^c   McPake, Barbara ^b   Munyati, Shungu ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial access; Human resources for health; Maternal and newborn health; Reproductive; User fees; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD; ZIMBABWE;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORKLOAD; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84878249476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-197     Document Type: Article

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