Monitoring service delivery for universal health coverage: The service availability and readiness assessment;Surveillance de la prestation de services pour la couverture sanitaire universelle: Évaluation de la disponibilité et de l'état de préparation des services

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 923-931

  O'Neill, Kathryn ^a   Takane, Marina ^a   Shefel, Ashley ^a   Abou Zahr, Carla ^b   Boerma, Ties ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMOXICILLIN; ARTEMISININ; ATENOLOL; CAPTOPRIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; GLIBENCLAMIDE; ISONIAZID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; RIFAMPICIN; SALBUTAMOL; SIMVASTATIN; ESSENTIAL DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; ECLAMPSIA; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; MALARIA; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSURANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84887002339     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.116798     Document Type: Article

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