Rethinking assumptions about delivery of healthcare: Implications for universal health coverage

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 361, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Das, Jishnu ^a   Woskie, Liana ^b   Rajbhandari, Ruma ^c   Abbasi, Kamran ^d   Jha, Ashish ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d British Medical Journal Technology Assessment Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; KENYA; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VIET NAM; EDUCATION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE;

EID: 85047299779     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k1716     Document Type: Article

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