Re-engineering health systems: The U.S. experience

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 674-676

  Wilensky, Gail R ^a,b,c  

^a Project HOPE   (United States)

^b Health Care Financing Administration   (United States)

^c WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Health and development; Health economics; Recession

Indexed keywords

AGING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAW; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLITICS; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF CARE; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT SAFETY; POLITICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857055076     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.005     Document Type: Note

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