Universal health coverage, health systems strengthening, and the World Bank

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 358, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Tichenor, Marlee ^a   Sridhar, Devi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD BANK; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; INSURANCE; UNITED NATIONS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; UNITED NATIONS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85029159555     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j3347     Document Type: Article

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