Does health aid matter?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 855-872

  Mishra, Prachi ^a   Newhouse, David ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Human Development Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign aid; Health; Infant mortality

Indexed keywords

AID; BIRTH INTERVAL; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INFANT MORTALITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70349398620     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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