Health care capacity and allocations among South Africa's provinces: Infrastructure-inequality traps after the end of apartheid

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 165-172

  Stuckler, David ^a,b   Basu, Sanjay ^c,d   McKee, Martin ^e  

^a CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 78650896445     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.184895     Document Type: Article

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