Where do we stand? Research and policy issues concerning inequalities in health and in healthcare

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-50

  Whitehead, Margaret M ^a,b,c  

^a KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Ash Magna   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033018181     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418699431780     Document Type: Article

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