Academic medicine and health improvements in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-58

  Dandona, Lalit ^a   Tandon, Nikhil ^b   Sahni, Peush ^b  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

BUDGET; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAREER; COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; POPULATION RISK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; INDIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 20744447765     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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