Has the Swap Influenced Aid Flows in the Health Sector?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 559-577

  Sweeney, Rohan ^a   Mortimer, Duncan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aid coordination; allocative efficiency; developing countries; efficiency; foreign aid; sector wide approach

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECTOR SUPPORT; SECTOR WIDE APPROACH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84924514419     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3170     Document Type: Article

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