Access as a policy-relevant concept in low- and middle-income countries

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-193

  McIntyre, Diane ^a   Thiede, Michael ^a   Birch, Stephen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 68149169008     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133109004836     Document Type: Article

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