Primary Health Care as a Foundation for Strengthening Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 566-571

  Bitton, Asaf ^a,b   Ratcliffe, Hannah L ^a   Veillard, Jeremy H ^c   Kress, Daniel H ^d   Barkley, Shannon ^e   Kimball, Meredith ^f   Secci, Federica ^c   Wong, Ethan ^d   Basu, Lopa ^e   Taylor, Chelsea ^f   Bayona, Jaime ^c   Wang, Hong ^d   Lagomarsino, Gina ^f   Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

global health; health policy; measurement; primary care

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COORDINATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MODEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85003936024     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3898-5     Document Type: Article

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