A review of health consequencesof recessions internationallyand a synthesis of the US response duringthe great recession

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Modrek, Sepideh ^a   Stuckler, David ^b,c   McKee, Martin ^c   Cullen, Mark R ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austerity; Morbidity; Mortality; Recessions; Suicide; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER; GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECESSION; GOVERNMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT;

EID: 84887877916     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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