Public policies and health systems in Sahelian Africa: Theoretical context and empirical specificity

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Olivier De Sardan, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Ridde, Valéry ^c  

^a Laboratoire d Études et de recherche sur les Dynamiques sociales et le développement local   (Niger)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKINA FASO; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALI; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; NIGER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BURKINA FASO; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALI; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; NIGER; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84978999463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-15-S3-S3     Document Type: Article

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