Universal health coverage: A policy whose time has come: It is both the right and the smart thing to do

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7930, 2013, Pages

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84886619839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6360     Document Type: Editorial

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