Informal politics and inequity of access to health care in Lebanon

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Bradley ^a   Cammett, Melani ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health inequity; Informal political institutions; Lebanon; Mixed methods research

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

LEBANON;

EID: 84860853366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-23     Document Type: Article

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