The rise of private medicine in South Asia

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 357, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Sengupta, Amit ^a   Mukhopadhyaya, Indranil ^b   Weerasinghe, Manuj C ^c   Karki, Arjun ^d  

^a People's Health Movement   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d Patan Academy of Health Science   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HEALTHCARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PRIVATE SECTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASIA; HEALTH FACILITIES, PROPRIETARY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 85017547317     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j1482     Document Type: Article

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