Public spending on health care in Africa: Do the poor benefit?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-74

  Castro Leal, F ^a   Dayton, J ^b   Demery, L ^a   Mehra, K ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Health expenditures; Health services accessibility; Poverty; Social justice; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICS;

AFRICA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0033628122     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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