Public health reforms in Estonia: Impact on the health of the population

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7510, 2005, Pages 210-213

  Põlluste, Kaja ^a,b   Männik, Georg ^c   Axelsson, Runo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Department of Health Care Management ^*

^c ERGO Insurance Co   (Estonia)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; ESTONIA; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 22844452232     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7510.210     Document Type: Review

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