Implementation of Community Health Fund in Tanzania: Why do some districts perform better than others?

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages e368-e382

  Maluka, Stephen Oswald ^a   Bukagile, Godfrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b Department of Mathematics and Information Communication Technology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Community health fund; Health facility committees; Health policy; Policy implementation; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TANZANIA;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; TANZANIA;

EID: 84912098942     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2226     Document Type: Article

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