Learning from Thailand's health reforms

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7431, 2004, Pages 103-105

  Towse, Adrian ^a   Mills, Anne ^b   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^c  

^a Office of Health Economics   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c International Health Policy Program   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; THAILAND;

EID: 1642575420     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7431.103     Document Type: Review

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