Commentary ten popular health economic fallacies*

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-132

  Normand, Charles ^a  

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

Author keywords

fallacies; financing and provision of health services; health economics

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0031776283     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024730     Document Type: Article

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