World Social Health Insurance: Strengthening health systems in low-income countries [3]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 596-597

  Van Damme, Wim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; SOCIAL INSURANCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INSURANCE; NOTE;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33947614751     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040137     Document Type: Letter

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