Health status, trends, and issues in Sri Lanka

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 228-233

  Jayasekara, Rasika S ^a   Schultz, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health financing; Health services; Health trends; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CIVIL DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER PLANNING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; SRI LANKA; TREND STUDY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NATURAL DISASTERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; WAR;

EID: 34547834169     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00328.x     Document Type: Review

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