Engaging for-profit providers in TB control: Lessons learnt from initiatives in South Asia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1289-1295

  Khan, Mishal S ^a   Salve, Solomon ^a   Porter, John D H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Programme planning; Public private partnership; South Asia; Tuberculosis; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

ASIA; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; STANDARDS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84937789221     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu137     Document Type: Article

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