Priority setting of public spending in developing countries: Do not try to do everything for everybody

Health Policy

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 149-156

  Baltussen, Rob ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic analysis; Priority setting; Public finance

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILDHOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL CARE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BUDGETS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 33747377860     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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