Alternative financing mechanisms for ART programs in health facilities in Uganda: a mixed-methods approach

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-11

  Zakumumpa, Henry ^a   Bennett, Sara ^b   Ssengooba, Freddie ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ART scale up; Global health initiatives; Health systems; HIV funding; Implementation research; Mixed methods; PEPFAR; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; NONHUMAN; PROFIT; SANITATION; SCALE UP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UGANDA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UGANDA;

EID: 85010637846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2009-6     Document Type: Article

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