Urban-rural inequalities in health care delivery in South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 659-673

  Booysen, Frikkie le R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SERVICE PROVISION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0742287741     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835032000149298     Document Type: Article

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