Do essential service packages benefit the poor? Preliminary evidence from Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-256

  Ensor, Tim ^a   Dave Sen, Priti ^a   Ali, Liaquat ^a   Hossain, Atia ^a   Begum, Shamim Ara ^a   Moral, Hamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Equity; Essential health services; Public expenditures

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0036727251     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/17.3.247     Document Type: Review

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