A national system for monitoring the performance of hospitals in Ethiopia;Système national permettant de contrôler les performances des hôpitaux en Éthiopie;Un sistema nacional para monitorizar el rendimiento de los hospitales en Etiopía

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 719-726

  McNatt, Zahirah ^a   Linnander, Erika ^a   Endeshaw, Abraham ^b   Tatek, Dawit ^a   Conteh, David ^c   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOSPITAL SECTOR; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NATIONAL PLANNING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84943183421     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.151399     Document Type: Article

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