China's health system performance

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9653, 2008, Pages 1914-1923

  Liu, Yuanli ^a   Rao, Keqin ^b   Wu, Jing ^b   Gakidou, Emmanuela ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CHINA; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 56949084848     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61362-8     Document Type: Review

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