Towards people-centred health systems: A multi-level framework for analysing primary health care governance in low-and middle-income countries

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages ii29-ii39

  Abimbola, Seye ^a,b,c   Negin, Joel ^b   Jan, Stephen ^b,c   Martiniuk, Alexandra ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collective governance; Constitutional governance; Health system actors; Health system governance; Low and middle income countries; Nigeria; Operational governance; People centred health systems; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DESTRUCTION; FISHERY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MARKET; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; POVERTY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84982112162     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu069     Document Type: Article

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