Economic crisis, restrictive policies, and the population's health and health care: The greek case

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 973-980

  Kondilis, Elias ^a   Giannakopoulos, Stathis ^a   Gavana, Magda ^a   Ierodiakonou, Ioanna ^a   Waitzkin, Howard ^b   Benos, Alexis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; GREECE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878049319     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301126     Document Type: Article

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