The World Bank's new health strategy: reason for alarm?

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9572, 2007, Pages 1499-1501

  McCoy, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34247631593     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60688-6     Document Type: Note

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