The rural bite in population pyramids: What are the implications for responsiveness of health systems in middle income countries?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages

  Jahan, Nowrozy Kamar ^a   Allotey, Pascale ^a   Arunachalam, Dharma ^b   Yasin, Shajahan ^a   Soyiri, Ireneous N ^a   Davey, Tamzyn M ^a   Reidpath, Daniel D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903463923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-S2-S8     Document Type: Article

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