Private health care provision in developing countries: A preliminary analysis of levels and composition

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-211

  Hanson, Kara ^a,b   Berman, Peter ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MARKET; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCOME; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031697771     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/13.3.195     Document Type: Review

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