title: Health information systems--making them work.
abstract: A health services model based on different concentration levels between the centre and the periphery, each with particular resources, responsibilities and management functions, provides a framework on which health information systems can be built or rebuilt so as to accelerate progress towards the health-for-all goals.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge MA, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lippeveld
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sauerborn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sapirie
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*