Future health systems: Why future? Why now?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2067-2075

  Bloom, Gerald ^a   Standing, Hilary ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41949120549     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.032     Document Type: Editorial

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