Effective Coverage as a New Metric for Monitoring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage

Document Type: Letter to Editor

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

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  4. Lozano R, Soliz P, Gakidou E, Abbott-Klafter J, Feehan DM, Vidal C, et al. Benchmarking of performance of Mexican states with effective coverage. Lancet 2006;368(9548):1729-41.
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Volume 25, Issue 2
March and April 2018
Pages 101-103

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