On decreasing inequality in health care in a cost-effective way

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Malmivaara, Antti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Cost effectiveness; Evidence based medicine; Inequality; Medical ethics; Quality improvement; Real effectiveness medicine; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84897593355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-79     Document Type: Article

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