Horizontal inequity in access to health care in four South American cities

Revista de Economia del Rosario

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-56

  Balsa, Ana I ^a   Rossi, Máximo ^b   Triunfo, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Health care access; Horizontal inequity; South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052592017     PISSN: 01235362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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