Impact of a decision-support tool on decision making at the district level in Kenya

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nutley, Tara ^a   McNabb, Sarah ^b   Salentine, Shannon ^c  

^a Futures Group   (United States)

^b Palladium Group   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Data dashboards; Data use; Data informed decision making; Decision support tools; District level; Health information systems; Health systems strengthening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM;

DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; KENYA; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84883519652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-11-34     Document Type: Article

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