Devolution and its effects on health workforce and commodities management - Early implementation experiences in Kilifi County, Kenya Lucy Gilson

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tsofa, Benjamin ^a,b   Goodman, Catherine ^b   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,d  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodities management; Decentralisation; Devolution; Governance; Health workforce management

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG;

COMMODITY; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; DEVOLUTION; EQUITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; WELFARE REFORM;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SALARY; TRADE UNION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

KENYA; KILIFI;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; KENYA; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85029357084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0663-2     Document Type: Article

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