Health aid and governance in developing countries

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 757-769

  Fielding, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aid; Governance; Health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; HEALTH AID; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH GOVERNANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; POLITICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 79953763315     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1631     Document Type: Article

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