The free health care initiative: How has it affected health workers in Sierra Leone?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Witter, Sophie ^a   Wurie, Haja ^b   Bertone, Maria Paola ^c  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Infectious Diseases Unit   (Sierra Leone)

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

Author keywords

Human resources for health; Sierra Leone; user fee removal

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ATTENTION; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; STAFF; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84966421078     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv006     Document Type: Article

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