Title: Health systems and the right to health : an assessment of 194 countries

Authors: Backman, Gunilla

Place: [London

Publisher: The Lancet

Year: 2008

Journal: The Lancet

Volume: Vol. 372, Issue 9655

PAGE: 2047--2085

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health services, health policy, health indicators, human rights, poverty

Abstract: The right to the highest attainable standard of health is central to the creation of equitable health systems. This article identifies some of the right-to-health features of health systems, such as a comprehensive national health plan, and proposes 72 indicators that reflect some of these features.

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