The economic consequences of mortality amenable to high-quality health care in low- and middle-income countries

Health Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 988-996

  Alkire, Blake C ^a,b   Peters, Alexander W ^a,c,d   Shrime, Mark G ^b   Meara, John G ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY; WELFARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRENDS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE;

EID: 85048049718     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1233     Document Type: Article

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