Global health development assistance remained steady in 2013 but did not align with recipients' disease burden

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 878-886

  Dieleman, Joseph L ^a   Graves, Casey M ^a   Templin, Tara ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth ^a   Baral, Ranju ^a   Keach Lemon, Katherine ^a   Haakenstad, Annie M ^a   Murray, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR HEALTH; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MALARIA; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL CARE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RECIPIENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCALE UP; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; MORBIDITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84899860230     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1432     Document Type: Article

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