Why there is an inverse primary-care law in Africa

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Moosa, Shabir ^a   Wojczewski, Silvia ^b   Hoffman, Kathryn ^b   Poppe, Annelien ^c   Nkomazana, Oathokwa ^d   Peersman, Wim ^c   Willcox, Merlin ^e   Maier, Manfred ^b   Derese, Anselme ^c   Mant, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; LETTER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MANPOWER; MIGRATION; NURSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84888318866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70119-0     Document Type: Letter

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