Comparative health system performance in six middle-income countries: cross-sectional analysis using World Health Organization study of global ageing and health

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 365-375

  Alshamsan, Riyadh ^a,b   Lee, John Tayu ^b,c   Rana, Sangeeta ^d,e   Areabi, Hasan ^a   Millett, Christopher ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global health; Health policy; public health

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEXICO; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INCOME; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS;

AGED; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RUSSIA; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85029429312     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: 17581095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0141076817724599     Document Type: Article

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