Measuring the health systems impact of disease control programmes: A critical reflection on the WHO building blocks framework

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mounier Jack, Sandra ^a   Griffiths, Ulla K ^a   Closser, Svea ^b   Burchett, Helen ^a   Marchal, Bruno ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Framework; Health systems; Methods

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

COST; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; VACCINES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84897995497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-278     Document Type: Review

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