Performance of private sector health care: implications for universal health coverage

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10044, 2016, Pages 606-612

  Morgan, Rosemary ^a   Ensor, Tim ^b   Waters, Hugh ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; INSURANCE; POVERTY; PROCEDURES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84986268013     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00343-3     Document Type: Review

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