Income-related inequality in health and health care in the European Union

Health Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 605-608

  van Doorslaer, Eddy ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 4344636187     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.917     Document Type: Editorial

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