Austerity policies in Europe - Bad for health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7914, 2013, Pages

  Brand, Helmut ^a   Rosenkötter, Nicole ^a   Clemens, Timo ^a   Michelsen, Kai ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; HUMANS; POLICY;

EID: 84879709462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3716     Document Type: Editorial

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