Contracting out to improve the use of clinical health services and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Odendaal, Willem A ^a,b   Ward, Kim ^c   Uneke, Jesse ^d   Uro Chukwu, Henry ^e   Chitama, Dereck ^f   Balakrishna, Yusentha ^a   Kredo, Tamara ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e National Obstetric Fistula Centre Abakaliki   (Nigeria)

^f MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CAMBODIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CAMBODIA; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; GUATEMALA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; PRENATAL CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85044861078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008133.pub2     Document Type: Review

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