Decentralization and district health services in Nepal: understanding the views of service users and service providers
Abstract
Within the decentralization framework of Government, the Ministry of Health (MoH) Nepal initiated the decentralization of primary care services closer to citizens. This paper aims to examine and understand the effect of decentralization at the district health service from the perspectives of service users and providers.Citation
Regmi, K., Naidoo, J., Pilkington, P.A., Greer, Al. (2010) 'Decentralization and district health services in Nepal: understanding the views of service users and service providers' J Public Health (Oxf) 32 (3):406-17Publisher
Oxford University PressPubMed ID
19995811Additional Links
http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/content/32/3/406.shortType
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enISSN
1741-3850ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/pubmed/fdp116
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