Heath staff workload in a context of user fees exemption policy for health care in Burkina Faso and Niger;La charge de travail des agents de santé dans un contexte de gratuité des soins au Burkina Faso et au Niger

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 264-271

  Antarou, L ^a   Ridde, V ^b   Kouanda, S ^a   Queuille, L ^b  

^a Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abalak; Absenteeism; Burkina Faso; Dori; Gorom Gorom; Health staff; Keita; Niger; Sebba; Sub Saharan Africa; User fees exemption; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; ECONOMICS; FEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; NIGER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

BURKINA FASO; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NIGER; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84888876352     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13149-013-0307-8     Document Type: Article

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