The role of international remittances in health outcomes in Ecuador: Prevention and response to shocks

International Migration Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 727-745

  Ponce, Juan ^a   Olivié, Iliana ^b   Onofa, Mercedes ^a  

^a Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Chile   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH IMPACT; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICINE; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; ECUADOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMICS; ECUADOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

ECUADOR;

EID: 80053497347     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: 17477379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2011.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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