Challenges in international comparison of health care systems

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 318, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 515-516

  Papanicolas, Irene ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; INTERNATIONALITY;

EID: 85027891870     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.9392     Document Type: Short Survey

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