The role of education in health system performance

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-307

  Grignon, Michel ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic impact; Efficiency; Human capital; Rate of return

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN CAPITAL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 43249084950     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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