Quality of health care, survival and health outcomes in Ghana

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-357

  Lavy, Victor ^a   Strauss, John ^b   Thomas, Duncan ^c   De Vreyer, Philippe ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child anthropometric; Food prices; Quality of health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL;

ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CASE QUALITY; INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRAINTS;

GHANA;

EID: 0030153573     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6296(95)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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