Pediatric cardiac care for the economically disadvantaged in India: Problems and prospects

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-98

  Kothari, Shyam ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77950470736     PISSN: 09742069     EISSN: 09745149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.52810     Document Type: Note

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