How much would poor people gain from faster progress towards the Millennium Development Goals for health?

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9461, 2005, Pages 813-817

  Gwatkin, Davidson R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644442925     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71008-4     Document Type: Review

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