Health protection in times of economic crisis: Challenges and opportunities for Europe

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-501

  McDaid, David ^a   Quaglio, Gianluca ^b   Correia De Campos, António ^c   Dario, Claudio ^d   Van Woensel, Lieve ^b   Karapiperis, Theodoros ^b   Reeves, Aaron ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Technology Option Assessment   (Belgium)

^c MEP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; Health policy; Prevention; Public health; Recession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE;

EID: 84885901993     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2013.35     Document Type: Review

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