Evidenced formal coverage index and universal healthcare enactment: A prospective longitudinal study of economic, social, and political predictors of 194 countries

Health Policy

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 50-60

  Feigl, Andrea B ^a   Ding, Eric L ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Microclinic International   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Coverage; Economic growth; Educational attainment; GDP; Health systems; Political determinants; Universal healthcare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BIRTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; LAW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POLITICS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; RISK FACTOR;

ACCESS; COVERAGE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GDP; HEALTH SYSTEMS; POLITICAL DETERMINANTS; UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84887606382     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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