Measuring health equity within countries: The challenge of limited information

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1650-

  Braveman, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAL STATISTICS; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0037009906     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.13.1650-JMS1002-4-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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