Trends and drivers of government health spending in sub-Saharan Africa, 1995-2015

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Micah, Angela E ^a   Chen, Catherine S ^a   Zlavog, Bianca S ^a   Hashimi, Golsum ^a   Chapin, Abigail ^a   Dieleman, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic health spending; government health expenditure; government health spending; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061773047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001159     Document Type: Article

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