How effects on health equity are assessed in systematic reviews of interventions

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Welch, Vivian ^a   Tugwell, Peter ^a   Wells, George A ^b   Kristjansson, Betsy ^a   Petticrew, Mark ^c   McGowan, Jessie L ^d   De Montigny, Joanne ^e   Benkhalti, Maria ^a   Ueffing, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 70049105312     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.MR000028     Document Type: Review

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