Economic stability and health status: Evidence from East Asia before and after the 1990s economic crisis

Health Policy

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-357

  Hopkins, Sandra ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic crisis; Health status; Mortality rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; INDONESIA; JOB ANALYSIS; MALAYSIA; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; THAILAND;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY;

EID: 29944447722     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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