The global financial crisis has led to a slowdown in growth of funding to improve health in many developing countries

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 228-235

  Leach Kemon, Katherine ^a   Chou, David P ^a   Schneider, Matthew T ^b   Tardif, Annette ^a   Dieleman, Joseph L ^a   Brooks, Benjamin P C ^a   Hanlon, Michael ^a   Murray, Christopher J L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84855653468     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1154     Document Type: Article

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