Health care and equity in India

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9764, 2011, Pages 505-515

  Balarajan, Y ^a   Selvaraj, S ^b   Subramanian, Sv ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 79551681501     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61894-6     Document Type: Review

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