Bismarck or Beveridge: A beauty contest between dinosaurs

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Van Der Zee, Jouke ^a,b   Kroneman, Madelon W ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 34547620317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-94     Document Type: Article

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