People In Sub-Saharan Africa Rate Their Health And Health Care Among The Lowest In The World

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 519-527

  Deaton, Angus S ^a   Tortora, Robert ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gallup Inc   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EASTERN EUROPEAN; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; USSR; WELLBEING; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84924620341     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0798     Document Type: Article

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