Health of the economy and the economy of health: A critical debate of the WHO report "Macroeconomics and Health";Gesundheit der ökonomie und ökonomie der gesundheit: Eine kritische auseinandersetzung mit dem WHO-bericht "Macroeconomics and Health"

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Möller, Johannes ^a   Schmidt, Christian ^b   Laaser, Ulrich ^a   Güntert, Bernhard ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor and recipient countries; Health inequalities; Macroeconomics and Health; Scaling up interventions; World Health Organisation

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 3042733311     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-003-0003-4     Document Type: Review

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