Learning from Economic Downturns : How to Better Assess, Track, and Mitigate the Impact on the Health Sector

Many countries around the world are moving toward universal health coverage, while navigating through periods of economic crisis. The impact of the economic downturn of 2008-09 on the health care sector has renewed efforts to make health systems more resilient during and after economic downturns. He...

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Main Authors: Hou, Xiaohui, Velényi, Edit V., Yazbeck, Abdo S., Iunes, Roberto F., Smith, Owen
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16054