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)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780521619905
Subjects: Health systems & services; Politics / Current Events; Health & Fitness; Politics - Current Events; Health/Fitness; Health Care Delivery; General; Medical-Health Care Delivery; Political Science / General; Public health--Government policy--Asia; Health Care Issues
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.