Health services for children in western Europe

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9873, 2013, Pages 1224-1234

  Wolfe, Ingrid ^a   Thompson, Matthew ^b   Gill, Peter ^b   Tamburlini, Giorgio ^c   Blair, Mitch ^d   Van Den Bruel, Ann ^b   Ehrich, Jochen ^e   Pettoello Mantovani, Massimo ^f   Janson, Staffan ^g   Karanikolos, Marina ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro per la Salute del Bambino   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^g Centre for Public Health Research Karlstad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875842752     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62085-6     Document Type: Review

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