Strengthening primary health care in low- and middle-income countries: Generating evidence through evaluation

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-348

  Rule, John ^a   Ngo, Duc Anh ^b,c   Oanh, Tran Thi Mai ^b   Asante, Augustine ^a   Doyle, Jennifer ^a   Roberts, Graham ^a   Taylor, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Health Strategy and Policy Institute   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

evaluation; low and middle income countries; primary health care

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84907542874     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513503869     Document Type: Review

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