Rationing versus equity - The South African dilemma

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 11 I, 1999, Pages 1151-1153

  Rothberg, Alan D ^a   Cooper, Peter A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033217210     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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