Prohibit, constrain, encourage, or purchase: how should we engage with the private health-care sector?

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10044, 2016, Pages 613-621

  Montagu, Dominic ^a   Goodman, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL MARKETING; COOPERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84986328072     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30242-2     Document Type: Review

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