Recentralization within decentralization: County hospital autonomy under devolution in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Barasa, Edwine W ^a,b   Manyara, Anthony M ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,b   Tsofa, Benjamin ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LAW; LEADERSHIP; MANAGER; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; MALE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; POLITICS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85026776511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182440     Document Type: Article

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