Policy-induced changes in Maori mortality patterns in the New Zealand economic reform period

Health Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-136

  Brown, Malcolm C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic reform; Maori; Mortality ratios

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; PRIVATIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0032895793     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199903)8:2<127::AID-HEC407>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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