Excluded from health? Informal workers' access to health care in Chile

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 238-255

  Gideon, Jasmine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; Gender; Health reform; Informal workers

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY REFORM; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947596100     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2007.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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