District decision-making for health in low-income settings: A qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh, India, on engaging the private health sector in sharing health-related data

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages ii35-ii46

  Gautham, Meenakshi ^a   Spicer, Neil ^a   Subharwal, Manish ^b   Gupta, Sanjay ^b   Srivastava, Aradhana ^c   Bhattacharyya, Sanghita ^c   Avan, Bilal Iqbal ^a   Schellenberg, Joanna ^a  

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

^b Impact Partners in Social Development   (India)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Data sharing; health management information system; MNCH data; private health sector; public health sector; public private engagement

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84994876660     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv117     Document Type: Article

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