Innovation for universal health coverage in Bangladesh: A call to action

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9910, 2013, Pages 2104-2111

  Adams, Alayne M ^a   Ahmed, Tanvir ^a   El Arifeen, Shams ^a   Evans, Timothy G ^b   Huda, Tanvir ^a   Reichenbach, Laura ^a   Ahmed, Faruque ^c   Ahmed, Shamim ^d   Ahmed, Syed Masud ^e   Azad, Kishwar ^f   Bhuiya, Abbas ^a   Mahmood, Shehrin Shaila ^a   Cash, Richard A ^g,h   Chen, Lincoln C ⁱ   Chowdhury, Mahbub Elahi ^a   Chowdhury, A Mushtaque R ^c,j   Christou, Aliki ^a   Halder, Shantana R ^k   Husain, Mushtuq ^l   Islam, Md Sirajul ^a   Islam, Khaled Shamsul ^m   Huq, Shireen ⁿ   Hussain, Zakir ^o   Mahmud, Simeen ^c   Mallick, Fuad H ^e   May, Maria A ^c   Osman, Ferdous Arfina ^p   Peters, David H ^q   Perry, Henry ^q   Rabbani, Atonu ^p   Rahman, M Aminur ^e   Rahman, Mahmudur ^l   Rasheed, Sabrina ^a   F Rashid, Sabina ^e   Al Sabir, Ahmed ^r   Standing, Hilary ^s   more..

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d WATERAID   (United Kingdom)

^e BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^f Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ China Medical Board   (United States)

^j Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^k Disaster Management and Relief Bhaban   (Bangladesh)

^l Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

^m MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

ⁿ Naripokkho   (Bangladesh)

^o South East Asian Union Office C 6   (India)

^p UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^q JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)   (Bangladesh)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84890653928     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62150-9     Document Type: Review

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