Building Learning Health Systems to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes of Clinical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  English, Mike ^a,b   Irimu, Grace ^b,c   Agweyu, Ambrose ^b   Gathara, David ^b   Oliwa, Jacquie ^b   Ayieko, Philip ^b   Were, Fred ^c   Paton, Chris ^a   Tunis, Sean ^d   Forrest, Christopher B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d Center for Medical Technology Policy   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84964713780     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001991     Document Type: Note

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