Decentralisation and convergence in health among the provinces of Spain (1980-2001)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1253-1264

  Montero Granados, Roberto ^a   de Dios Jiménez, Juan ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convergence; Decentralisation of healthcare; Health status; Public health; Spain

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SPAIN;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVALUATION STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33847092068     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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