The relationship of health aid to population health improvements

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 881-887

  Bendavid, Eran ^a   Bhattacharya, Jay ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FERTILITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; URBANIZATION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY;

EID: 84902212767     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.292     Document Type: Article

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