Making universal access a reality - What more do we need to know?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1223-1225

  Hirschhorn, Lisa R ^a,b   Skolnik, Richard ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CELL COUNT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 43049086278     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587185     Document Type: Note

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