Setting priorities for health in 21st-century South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 798-800

  Hofman, Karen J ^a,b,c   Tollman, Stephen M ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATERNAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650100173     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4438     Document Type: Article

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