Democracy and growth in divided societies: A health-inequality trap?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-41

  Powell Jackson, Timothy ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^b   Balabanova, Dina ^a   McKee, Martin ^c   Stuckler, David ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Democracy; Fractionalisation; Inequality; Maternal mortality; MDGs; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FINANCIAL MARKET; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MORTALITY RISK; POLITICAL ECONOMY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCOME; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOCRACY; GOALS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 79959616611     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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