Central Asian Post-Soviet health systems in transition: Has different aid engagement produced different outcomes?

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ulikpan, Anar ^a   Mirzoev, Tolib ^b   Jimenez, Eliana ^a   Malik, Asmat ^c   Hill, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Integrated Health Services ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aid effectiveness; Central Asian Post Soviet countries; Donor aid; Health sector

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS; USSR;

ASIA, CENTRAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; USSR;

EID: 84929518964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24978     Document Type: Article

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