International monetary fund programs and tuberculosis outcomes in post-communist countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1079-1090

  Stuckler, David ^a   King, Lawrence P ^b   Basu, Sanjay ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; USSR; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMMUNISM; EUROPE, EASTERN; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED NATIONS; USSR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 48749099557     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050143     Document Type: Article

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