Sick regimes and sick people: A multilevel investigation of the population health consequences of perceived national corruption

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1240-1247

  Witvliet, Margot I ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a,b   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult health; Africa; Corruption; Multilevel methods; Natural experiment; World health survey

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL CORRUPTION; POLITICS; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT HEALTH; AFRICA; CORRUPTION; MULTILEVEL METHODS; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; WORLD HEALTH SURVEY;

ADULT; AFRICA; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CRIME; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA;

EID: 84883737918     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12177     Document Type: Article

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