New Zealand's impact on health in the South Pacific: Scope for improvement?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1291, 2009, Pages 60-68

  Wyber, Rosemary ^a   Wilson, Nick ^b   Baker, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MARKETING; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; STATISTICS;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 63249090827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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