Quality at the centre of universal health coverage

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 547-549

  Sobel, Howard L ^a   Huntington, Dale ^a   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health systems; maternal and child health; Millennium Development Goals; policy; priority setting; quality of care; Sustainable Development Goals

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84965134267     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv095     Document Type: Review

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