More Data and Appropriate Statistical Methods Needed to Fully Measure the Displacement Effects of Development Assistance for Health

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Murray, Christopher J L ^a   Dieleman, Joseph L ^a   Lu, Chunling ^b   Hanlon, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

GOVERNMENT; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84873869963     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001365     Document Type: Article

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