The health-care system: an assessment and reform agenda

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9670, 2009, Pages 1207-1217

  Mataria, Awad ^a   Khatib, Rana ^a   Donaldson, Cam ^b   Bossert, Thomas ^c   Hunter, David J ^d   Alsayed, Fahed ^e   Moatti, Jean Paul ^f  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 63849097359     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60111-2     Document Type: Review

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