Helping poorer countries make locally informed health decisions

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7767, 2010, Pages 284-286

  Chalkidou, Kalipso ^a   Levine, Ruth ^b   Dillon, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SCREENING; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHINA; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RWANDA; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND;

EID: 77955372991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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