Universal health coverage: Necessary but not sufficient

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 21, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 50-60

  Fried, Susana T ^a   Khurshid, Atif ^a   Tarlton, Dudley ^b   Webb, Douglas ^c   Gloss, Sonia ^a   Paz, Claudia ^d   Stanley, Tamara ^e  

^a UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development policy framework; Health care financing; Human rights; Sexual and reproductive health and rights; Sustainable development goals; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; SEXISM; SEXUAL HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INSURANCE; MALE; MOTIVATION;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOALS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84889008285     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: 14609576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(13)42739-8     Document Type: Article

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