Coherence between health policy and human resource strategy: Lessons from maternal health in Vietnam, India and China

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-120

  Martineau, Tim ^a   Mirzoev, Tolib ^b   Pearson, Stephen ^b   Ha, Bui Thi Thu ^c   Xu, Qian ^d   Ramani, K V ^e   Liu, Xiaoyun ^f  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Health policy; human resources; maternal health; policy analysis

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MANPOWER; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIET NAM;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; VIETNAM;

EID: 84926354202     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt102     Document Type: Article

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