Out of alignment? Limitations of the global burden of disease in assessing the allocation of global health aid

Public Health Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 244-256

  Voigt, Kristin ^a   King, Nicholas B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE BURDEN; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85052199014     PISSN: 17549973     EISSN: 17549981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/phe/phx012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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