Health financing in the African Region: 2000-2009 data analysis

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sambo, Luis Gomes ^a   Kirigia, Joses Muthuri ^a   Orem, Juliet Nabyonga ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; OUT OF POCKET PAYMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84874520437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-6-10     Document Type: Article

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