Universal coverage for primary health care is a wise investment: Evidence from 102 low- and middle-income countries

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP877-NP886

  Hsieh, Vivian Chia Rong ^a   Wu, Jennifer Chun Li ^b   Wu, Trong Neng ^a   Chiang, Tung Liang ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

infant mortality; life expectancy; primary health care; under 5 mortality; universal coverage

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INSURANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84926366665     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513492562     Document Type: Article

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