An assessment of progress towards universal health coverage in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS)

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9960, 2014, Pages 2164-2171

  Marten, Robert ^a,b   McIntyre, Diane ^c   Travassos, Claudia ^d   Shishkin, Sergey ^e   Longde, Wang ^f   Reddy, Srinath ^g   Vega, Jeanette ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Brazil   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAZIL; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INDIA; RUSSIA; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84917673107     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60075-1     Document Type: Note

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