Health reform in Latin America and Africa: Decentralisation, participation and inequalities

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 991-1005

  Willis, Katie ^a   Khan, Sorayya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; NEOLIBERALISM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFORM PROCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70449563122     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590902969742     Document Type: Article

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