Global health cluster position paper: Removing user fees for primary healthcare services during humanitarian crises

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-376

  Zagaria, Nevio ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL FEE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

ALTRUISM; DISASTERS; FEES, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78049488872     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008396     Document Type: Article

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