Financing universal health coverage by cutting fossil fuel subsidies

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e306-e307

  Gupta, Vinay ^a,b   Dhillon, Ranu ^a,c   Yates, Robert ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL;

ECONOMIC ASPECT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALE UP; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; INSURANCE;

FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84930348853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00007-8     Document Type: Note

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