Similar pressures, different contexts: Public attitudes toward government intervention for health care in 21 nations

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-399

  Saeko, Kikuzawa ^a   Sigrun, Olafsdottir ^b   Bernice, Pescosolido A ^c  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549086444     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650804900402     Document Type: Article

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