Advancing the application of systems thinking in health: Managing rural China health system development in complex and dynamic contexts

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Bloom, Gerald ^b   Xu, Xiaoxin ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Liang, Xiaoyun ^a   Wolcott, Sara J ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health system; Institutional development; Rural health finance; System resilience

Indexed keywords

CHINA; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; THINKING;

EID: 84988428887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-44_old     Document Type: Article

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