Effects of governance on health: A cross-national analysis of 101 countries

Kyklos

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-614

  Klomp, Jeroen ^a   de Haan, Jakob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE;

EID: 54949133338     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2008.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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