Economic impact of disease and injury: Counting what matters

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7746, 2010, Pages 583-586

  Chisholm, Dan ^a   Stanciole, Anderson E ^a   Edejer, Tessa Tan Torres ^a   Evans, David B ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WELFARE;

COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 77949356182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c924     Document Type: Article

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