The health system in Argentina: An unequal struggle between equity and the market

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-358

  Penchaszadeh, Victor B ^a   Leone, Francisco ^b   Rovere, Mario ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b National Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Equity; Health services; Health system; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956321167     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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