Equity impacts of neoliberal reforms: What should the policy responses be?

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 693-709

  McIntyre, Di ^a   Whitehead, Margaret ^b   Gilson, Lucy ^b   Dahlgren, Göran ^b   Tang, Shenglan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RESOURCE; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY REFORM;

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 34547905830     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.37.4.g     Document Type: Review

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