Inequalities of health indicators for policy makers: Six hints

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 855-858

  Speybroeck, N ^a   Harper, S ^b   De Savigny, D ^c   Victora, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; NAMIBIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; NAMIBIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84869209215     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0386-5     Document Type: Article

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