Tracking Rural Health Facility Financial Data in Resource-Limited Settings: A Case Study from Rwanda

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Lu, Chunling ^a   Tsai, Sandy ^b   Ruhumuriza, John ^c   Umugiraneza, Grace ^c   Kandamutsa, Solange ^c   Salvatore, Phillip P ^b   Zhang, Zibiao ^b   Binagwaho, Agnes ^d   Ngabo, Fidele ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d Rwandan Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; RWANDA;

HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH; RWANDA;

EID: 84920997245     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001763     Document Type: Article

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