From Alma-Ata to Almaty: a new start for primary health care

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9647, 2008, Pages 1365-1367

  Rawaf, Salman ^a   De Maeseneer, Jan ^b   Starfield, Barbara ^c  

^a Wandsworth Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 54049087676     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61524-X     Document Type: Note

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