National equity of health resource allocation in China: Data from 2009 to 2013

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Liu, Wen ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Twum, Peter ^a   Li, Shixue ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Equity; Health care resources; Theil index

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH SERVICES; INDEX METHOD; INVESTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTILITY SECTOR; WELFARE REFORM;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CHINA;

CHINA; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 85008156877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0357-1     Document Type: Article

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