TITLE

U.S. LAGS IN ACCESS TO CARE

PUB. DATE
July 2002
SOURCE
H&HN: Hospitals & Health Networks;Jul2002, Vol. 76 Issue 7, p74
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports the results of a survey, commissioned by the School of Public Health and the Commonwealth Fund at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on public attitudes toward health care in different countries. Findings in the U.S.; List of countries included in the survey; Discussion on access to universal health care systems.
ACCESSION #
7257278

Tags: MEDICAL care;  PUBLIC health;  HARVARD School of Public Health

 

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