Health systems, health and wealth: The argument for investment applies now more than ever

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 684-687

  McKee, Martin ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^b   Stuckler, David ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Health and development; Ideology; Recession

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NOTE; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POLITICS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857043068     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.006     Document Type: Note

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