Health systems performance assessment in the Bulletin

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-

  Boerma, Ties ^a   Chopra, Mickey ^b   Evans, David ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 61449230686     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.061945     Document Type: Editorial

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