Importance of relative measures in policy on health inequalities

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7547, 2006, Pages 967-969

  Low, Allan ^a   Low, Anne ^b  

^a Chopwell   (United Kingdom)

^b Derwentside District Council and Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646020110     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.332.7547.967     Document Type: Note

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