Advocates of local government often argue that when decentralisation is accompanied by
adequate mechanisms of accountability, particularly those responsive to local preferences …

Experiments with decentralisation began in the late 1970s and continued throughout the
1980s. Decentralisation was regarded as a key element of the primary health care …

The transfer of authority and responsibility for some public functions from one level of
government, especially national government, to a second sphere (provincial) or a third …

Background Several studies on decentralisation have used the 'decision space'approach to
assess the breadth of space made available to decision-makers at lower levels of the health …

Purpose–Despite enormous progress in health globally, primary healthcare services in
many developing countries are facing different challenges. Many studies have documented …

This paper explores the impact of health care decentralisation on a characteristic of human
development: the overall level of a population's health. While much of the literature on …

Abstract 'Four'types of decentralization are distinguished in health care: deconcentration
when the shift in authority is to regional or district offices; devolution when the shift is to state …

Decentralization is an important element in the policy formulationand implementation of
Primary Health Care (PHC) in developing countries. While this may well be the case, certain …

While many developing countries have devolved health care responsibilities to local
governments in recent years, no study has examined whether decentralisation actually …

Dans la présente publication, on s' est appliqué à évaluer la mesure dans laquelle la
décentralisation peut servir d'instrument politique pour l'amélioration du système de santé …