Accelerating health equity: The key role of universal health coverage in the Sustainable Development Goals

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^a   Mills, Anne ^b   Palu, Toomas ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Health equity; Health systems strengthening; Health workforce; Sustainable development goals; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MIGRATION; NOTE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; HEALTH; INSURANCE; MOTIVATION; TRENDS; UNITED NATIONS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOALS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; UNITED NATIONS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84928551234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0342-3     Document Type: Note

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