Health systems, health, and wealth: a European perspective

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9660, 2009, Pages 349-351

  McKee, Martin ^a   Suhrcke, Marc ^c   Nolte, Ellen ^a   Lessof, Suszy ^b   Figueras, Josep ^b   Duran, Antonio ^e   Menabde, Nata ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^e Tecnicas de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58249128802     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60098-2     Document Type: Note

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