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Health care reform in Kenya: a review of the process

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  • Mwabu, Germano, 1995. "Health care reform in Kenya: a review of the process," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(1-3), pages 245-255.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:32:y:1995:i:1-3:p:245-255
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    2. Ngugi Rose, 1999. "Health seeking behaviour in the reform process for rural households: The case of Mwea division, Kirinyaga district,Kenya," Working Papers 95, African Economic Research Consortium, Research Department.
    3. Edwine W Barasa & Anthony M Manyara & Sassy Molyneux & Benjamin Tsofa, 2017. "Recentralization within decentralization: County hospital autonomy under devolution in Kenya," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(8), pages 1-18, August.
    4. Gonzalez Block, Miguel Angel, 1997. "Comparative research and analysis methods for shared learning from health system reforms," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 187-209, December.
    5. Makokha, Racheal Omukhulu, 2017. "Does Decentralization Improve Provision of Health Services? Evidence from Kisumu and Makueni Counties in Kenya," Thesis Commons xef7a, Center for Open Science.
    6. Oyaya, Charles O. & Rifkin, Susan B., 2003. "Health sector reforms in Kenya: an examination of district level planning," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 64(1), pages 113-127, April.

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