The long road to universal health coverage: Historical analysis of early decisions in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Health Systems and Reform

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 28-38

  Bump, Jesse B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global health history; Health systems; Historical institutionalism; Path dependence; Politics; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954521009     PISSN: 23288604     EISSN: 23288620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/23288604.2014.991211     Document Type: Article

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