Integrated community case management in Malawi: An analysis of innovation and institutional characteristics for policy adoption

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages ii74-ii83

  Rodríguez, Daniela C ^a   Banda, Hastings ^b   Namakhoma, Ireen ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Case management; child health; Malawi; policy analysis; policy process

Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; POLICY MAKING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84950314887     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv063     Document Type: Review

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