Policies to reduce health inequalities;Las políticas para disminuir las desigualdades en salud

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c   Artazcoz, Lucía ^a,b  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inequalities in health; Interventions; Policies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VENEZUELA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; VENEZUELA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 59749101314     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13126929     Document Type: Article

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