Improving Women's Health through Universal Health Coverage

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Quick, Jonathan ^a,b   Jay, Jonathan ^a   Langer, Ana ^c  

^a MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84906924769     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001580     Document Type: Article

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