Effect of democracy on health: ecological study

ABSTRACT: Although the influence of democracy in preventing famines has been reported, there have been no empirical studies on the relation between the extent of freedom allowed by political regimes and the effect on a nation’s health. We explored the effect of democracy on life expectancy and mater...

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Autores:
Franco Giraldo, Álvaro de Jesús
Álvarez Dardet, Carlos
Ruiz Cantero, María Teresa
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2004
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
eng
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https://hdl.handle.net/10495/36039
Palabra clave:
Democracia
Democracy
Mortalidad Materna
Maternal Mortality
Mortalidad Infantil
Infant Mortality
Esperanza de Vida al Nacer
Life Expectancy at Birth
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title Effect of democracy on health: ecological study
spellingShingle Effect of democracy on health: ecological study
Democracia
Democracy
Mortalidad Materna
Maternal Mortality
Mortalidad Infantil
Infant Mortality
Esperanza de Vida al Nacer
Life Expectancy at Birth
title_short Effect of democracy on health: ecological study
title_full Effect of democracy on health: ecological study
title_fullStr Effect of democracy on health: ecological study
title_full_unstemmed Effect of democracy on health: ecological study
title_sort Effect of democracy on health: ecological study
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Franco Giraldo, Álvaro de Jesús
Álvarez Dardet, Carlos
Ruiz Cantero, María Teresa
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Franco Giraldo, Álvaro de Jesús
Álvarez Dardet, Carlos
Ruiz Cantero, María Teresa
dc.contributor.researchgroup.spa.fl_str_mv Gestión y Políticas de Salud
dc.subject.decs.none.fl_str_mv Democracia
Democracy
Mortalidad Materna
Maternal Mortality
Mortalidad Infantil
Infant Mortality
Esperanza de Vida al Nacer
Life Expectancy at Birth
topic Democracia
Democracy
Mortalidad Materna
Maternal Mortality
Mortalidad Infantil
Infant Mortality
Esperanza de Vida al Nacer
Life Expectancy at Birth
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