Private health care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 897-904

  Uplekar, Mukund W ^a,b  

^a Foundation for Research in Community Health India   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health care; Heart disease; Private sector; Public health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034666813     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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