Regional disparities in health care supply in eleven European countries: Does politics matter?

Health Policy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-182

  Westert, Gert P ^a   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equality; Europe; Geography; Health care supply; Politics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BED; HYPOTHESIS; POLITICS; POPULATION DENSITY;

DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; PHYSICIANS; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIALISM;

EID: 0032973152     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(99)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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