State downsizing as a determinant of infant mortality and achievement of millennium development goal 4

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 389-403

  Palma Solís, Marco ^a   Díaz, Carlos ^b   Franco Giraldo, Álvaro ^c   Hernández Aguado, Ildefonso ^d   Pérez Hoyos, Santiago ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^e Department of Public Health Analysis   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOCRACY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFANT MORTALITY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GOAL ATTAINMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED NATIONS;

COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PUBLIC SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 68049098005     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.39.2.i     Document Type: Article

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