Austerity and health in Europe

Health Policy

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Quaglio, GianLuca ^a   Karapiperis, Theodoros ^a   Van Woensel, Lieve ^a   Arnold, Elleke ^a   McDaid, David ^b  

^a Science and Technology Option Assessment   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; Economic crisis; European health systems; Public health policies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AUSTERITY; ECONOMIC CRISIS; EUROPEAN HEALTH SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84887614523     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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