Service readiness of health facilities in Bangladesh, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania;Disponibilité des services dans les établissements de santé du Bangladesh, d’Haïti, du Kenya, du Malawi, de Namibie, du Népal, d’Ouganda, de République-Unie de Tanzanie, du Rwanda et du Sénégal;Disponibilidad del servicio de los centros sanitarios en Bangladesh, Haití, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nepal, la República Unida de Tanzanía, Rwanda, Senegal y Uganda

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 738-748

  Leslie, Hannah H ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Zhoub, Xin ^a   Kruka, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA ASSIMILATION; HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTENTION; BANGLADESH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAITI; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INSURANCE; KENYA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALAWI; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; RWANDA; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

BANGLADESH; HAITI; HISPANIOLA; KENYA; MALAWI; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; RWANDA; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

BANGLADESH; CAPACITY BUILDING; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HAITI; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; KENYA; MALAWI; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RWANDA; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 85032923687     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.17.191916     Document Type: Article

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