Health financing for universal coverage and health system performance: concepts and implications for policy.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on June 17, 2013

Authors

Joseph Kutzin1

Author Affiliations

1: Health Systems Financing, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. kutzinj@who.int

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