Public and private maternal health service capacity and patient flows in southern Tanzania: using a geographic information system to link hospital and national census data

• Main Authors: Patrik Tabatabai (Author), Stefanie Henke (Author), Katharina Sušac (Author), Oberlin M. E. Kisanga (Author), Inge Baumgarten (Author), Gisela Kynast-Wolf (Author), Heribert Ramroth (Author), Michael Marx (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Strategies to improve maternal health in low-income countries are increasingly embracing partnership approaches between public and private stakeholders in health. In Tanzania, such partnerships are a declared policy goal. However, implementation remains challenging as unfamiliarity betwe...