Health care reform in Croatia: For better or for worse?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1156-1160

  Chen, Meei Shia ^a,b   Mastilica, Miroslav ^c  

^a The University of Chicago   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROATIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031859372     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.8.1156     Document Type: Short Survey

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