Leading the way towards universal health coverage: A call to action

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9975, 2015, Pages 1352-1358

  Frenk, Julio ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LATIN AMERICA; PATIENT RIGHTS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84926432153     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61467-7     Document Type: Review

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