Policy and Health
Subtitle: Implications for Development in Asia (RAND Studies in Policy Analysis)
Contributors: John W. Peabody (Editor); M. Omar Rahman (Editor); Paul J. Gertler (Editor); Joyce Mann (Editor); Donna O. Farley (Editor); Jeff Luck (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 28, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9780521661645
Subjects: Health systems & services; Political science & theory; Public Policy - General; Health Policy; Business / Economics / Finance; Public health; Health Care Policy; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Government policy; Development - Economic Development; Political Science / General; Public health--Government policy--Asia; Medical policy; General; Primary health care; ASIA
First sentence: As recently as 1960, a child born into poverty anywhere in the world had only a one-in-four chance of reaching his fifth birthday, while a person age 15 had a life expectancy of 67 years.