The use of street-level bureaucracy theory in health policy analysis in low-and middle-income countries: A meta-ethnographic synthesis

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages iii70-iii78

  Erasmus, Ermin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health policy analysis; Health policy implementation; Low and middle income countries; Meta ethnography; Street level bureaucracy

Indexed keywords

ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NURSE; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INCOME; MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84979094502     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu112     Document Type: Article

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