Primary health care and public health: Foundations of universal health systems

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 103-116

  White, Franklin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health systems; Human resources; Planning; Policy; Primary health care; Professional education; Program integration; Public health; Social ecological model; Universality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INSURANCE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84923546992     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000370197     Document Type: Review

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