Health impact bonds: Will investors pay for intervention?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Clay, Rebecca Fairfax ^a  

^a National Public Radio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHILD; FUNDING; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84873382057     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a45     Document Type: Note

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