Aug 3 2011
This report from researchers at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business and the George W. Bush Institute, published in the MIT Press journal Innovations, looks at a "model and methods [that] provide an outline for complete and comprehensive health care systems for developing countries," according to a Rice University press release. The report "identif[ies] five distribution channels - microentrepreneurs, microclinics, micropharmacies, mobile distribution of supplies and services, and hospitals - and discuss[es] how they can be better aligned to help more people. The report also cites examples of the distribution model put into use" (8/1).
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