Is universal health coverage the practical expression of the right to health care?

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ooms, Gorik ^a,b,c   Latif, Laila A ^d,e   Waris, Attiya ^e   Brolan, Claire E ^f   Hammonds, Rachel ^a,b   Friedman, Eric A ^c   Mulumba, Moses ^g   Forman, Lisa ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^d Mayfair Centre   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g Center for Health Human Rights and Development   (Uganda)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Millennium development goals; Right to health; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84896718538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-14-3     Document Type: Article

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