Responses to donor proliferation in Ghana’s health sector: A qualitative case study;Réponse à la prolifération des donateurs dans le secteur de la santé au Ghana: Une étude de cas qualitative;Las respuestas a la proliferación de donantes en el sector sanitario de Ghana: Un estudio de caso cualitativo

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-18

  Pallas, Sarah Wood ^a   Nonvignon, Justice ^b   Aikins, Moses ^b   Ruger, Jennifer Prah ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PLANNING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN RESOURCE; PROJECT DESIGN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSACTION COST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COORDINATION; DONOR; FUNDING; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; TENSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

GHANA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MORTALITY; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84920101829     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.141614     Document Type: Article

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