Determinants of life expectancy in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 624-637

  Gilligan, Adrienne M ^a   Skrepnek, Grant H ^b  

^a Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Eastern Mediterranean; Health care; Health policy; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STANDARDS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941962326     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu041     Document Type: Article

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