Understanding healthcare and population mobility in Southern Africa: The case of South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-15

  Walls, Helen L ^a,b,c   Vearey, Jo ^c   Modisenyane, Moeketsi ^d   Chetty Makkan, Candice M ^e   Charalambous, Salome ^e   Smith, Richard D ^a,b   Hanefeld, Johanna ^a,c  

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

^b Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AFRICA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRENDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84952359692     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i1.10210     Document Type: Editorial

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