From Diagnosing Under-immunization to Evaluating Health Care Systems

Governance by Indicators: Global Power through Quantification and Rankings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fisher, Angelina ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosscountry comparisons; Immunization coverage indicators; National health system; Performance; UN children's fund; World health organization; World health report 2000

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920431457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658244.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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