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

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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

^d NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 85029130197     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011084     Document Type: Review

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