Equity and health sector reforms: Can low-income countries escape the medical poverty trap?

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9284, 2001, Pages 833-836

  Whitehead, Margaret ^a   Dahlgren, Göran ^b   Evans, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG MARKETING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0035828381     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05975-X     Document Type: Note

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