Economic barriers to better mental health practice and policy

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 157-170

  Knapp, Martin ^a,b,e   Funk, Michelle ^c   Curran, Claire ^a   Prince, Martin ^b   Grigg, Margaret ^c,d,f   Mcdaid, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Mental Health Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^e Personal Social Services Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^f Personal Social Services Research Unit ^*

Author keywords

Barriers to effectiveness; Economics; Low income countries; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33646766101     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czl003     Document Type: Article

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