District decision-making for health in low-income settings: A case study of the potential of public and private sector data in India and Ethiopia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages ii25-ii34

  Bhattacharyya, Sanghita ^a   Berhanu, Della ^b   Taddesse, Nolawi ^c   Srivastava, Aradhana ^a   Wickremasinghe, Deepthi ^b   Schellenberg, Joanna ^b   Iqbal Avan, Bilal ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

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

^c Jarco Consulting   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Health system blocks; HMIS; India; private sector; public sector

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANAGER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 84994806836     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw017     Document Type: Article

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