Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on January 14, 2016

Authors

Marc Bonenberger1,2, Moses Aikins3, Patricia Akweongo3, Kaspar Wyss4,5

Author Affiliations

1: Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, Basel, 4002, Switzerland. marc.bonenberger@unibas.ch.
2: University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. marc.bonenberger@unibas.ch.
3: School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
4: Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, Basel, 4002, Switzerland.
5: University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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