Linking governance mechanisms to health outcomes: A review of the literature in low- and middle-income countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-95

  Ciccone, Dana Karen ^a   Vian, Taryn ^b   Maurer, Lydia ^c   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Global health; Governance; Health outcomes; International development

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER;

AFRICA; ASIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECENTRALIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84905689091     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.010     Document Type: Review

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