Fiscal space for domestic funding of health and other social services

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 159-177

  Meheus, Filip ^a,b   McIntyre, Di ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; SOCIAL WORK; TAX; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; TAXES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85016205636     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133116000438     Document Type: Article

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