Opportunities to reduce health inequalities by 'Health in All Policies' in the Netherlands: An explorative study on the national level

Health Policy

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 130-140

  Storm, Ilse ^a   Aarts, Marie Jeanne ^a,b   Harting, Janneke ^c   Schuit, Albertine J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Government; Health in All Policies; Intersectoral collaboration; Socioeconomic health inequalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80255137177     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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