Health systems exist for real people

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  El Sadr, Wafaa M ^a   De Cock, Kevin M ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAPITAL FINANCING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALARIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79960091323     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181bbcd7a     Document Type: Editorial

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