Decentralized health care priority-setting in Tanzania: evaluating against the accountability for reasonableness framework.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on May 25, 2010

Authors

Stephen Maluka1, Peter Kamuzora, Miguel San Sebastiån, Jens Byskov, Øystein E Olsen, Elizabeth Shayo, Benedict Ndawi, Anna-Karin Hurtig

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar Es Salaam, P.O. Box 35169 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. stephenmaluka@yahoo.co.uk

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