The future of primary care in Thailand in the context of a global financial crisis

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-350

  Dedmon, Robert E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family practice; Health economics; Health policy; Primary care; Universal coverage

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; THAILAND;

EID: 70349335984     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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