Governance arrangements for health systems in low-income countries: An overview of systematic reviews

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Herrera, Cristian A ^a   Lewin, Simon ^b,c   Paulsen, Elizabeth ^b   Ciapponi, Agustín ^d   Opiyo, Newton ^e   Pantoja, Tomas ^a   Rada, Gabriel ^a   Wiysonge, Charles S ^c,f   Bastías, Gabriel ^a   Garcia Marti, Sebastian ^d   Okwundu, Charles I ^f   Peñaloza, Blanca ^a   Oxman, Andrew D ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^e Argentine Cochrane Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LEGISLATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LITERATURE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISCLOSURE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 85029092386     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011085.pub2     Document Type: Review

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