Reflections on the development of health economics in low- and middle-income countries

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1789, 2014, Pages

  Mills, Anne ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health economics; Health policy; Health systems; Low and middle income countries

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK;

EID: 84903973571     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0451     Document Type: Article

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