Contextual factors as a key to understanding the heterogeneity of effects of a maternal health policy in Burkina Faso?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-321

  Belaid, Loubna ^a,b   Ridde, Valéry ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; contextual factors; health worker's leadership; heterogeneity of effects; Maternal health policy; qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURKINA FASO; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURKINA FASO; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84899586265     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu012     Document Type: Article

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