Digital technology for health sector governance in low and middle income countries: A scoping review

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Holeman, Isaac ^a,b,c   Cookson, Tara Patricia ^d   Pagliari, Claudia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDIC MOBILE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FRAUD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MOBILE PHONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGY;

CELL PHONES; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FRAUD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85010280652     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.020408     Document Type: Article

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