Effect of democracy on health: ecological study

BMJ. 2004 Dec 18;329(7480):1421-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1421.

Abstract

Can political regimes be singled out as a factor affecting health? Rating countries by the extent of their freedom is a useful proxy for measuring the effects of democracy on health related variables

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Democracy*
  • Female
  • Freedom
  • Health Status*
  • Humans
  • Income
  • Infant
  • Infant Mortality
  • Life Expectancy*
  • Maternal Mortality*
  • Pregnancy
  • Regression Analysis