Health systems' responsiveness and Its characteristics: A cross-Country comparative analysis

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2079-2100

  Robone, Silvana ^a   Rice, Nigel ^a   Smith, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross country comparison; health care spending per capita; Health system performance; responsiveness; vignettes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 81855161692     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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