Culture, self-rated health and resource allocation decision-making

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-223

  Wiseman, Virginia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginality; Culture; Resource allocation and equity; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0032706655     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009461114154     Document Type: Article

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