Learning from the european experience of using targets to improve population health

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Smith, Peter C ^a   Busse, Reinhard ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952111422     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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