Income inequality, unequal health care access, and mortality in China

Population and Development Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-483

  Zhao, Zhongwei ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PEMBROKE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; HEALTH CARE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33748527476     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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