Health systems and noncommunicable diseases in the Asia-Pacific Region: A review of the published literature

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1-NP19

  Mannava, Priya ^a   Abdullah, Asnawi ^a,b   James, Chris ^c   Dodd, Rebecca ^c   Annear, Peter Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b University Muhammadiyah Aceh   (Indonesia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific region; cancer; cardiovascular disease; chronic respiratory disease; diabetes; health system; noncommunicable disease

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84926310681     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513500336     Document Type: Review

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