Health care expenditure and life expectancy in Australia: How well do we perform?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Taylor, Richard ^a   Salkeld, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029823493     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01022.x     Document Type: Article

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