The poor pay more: Health-related inequality in Thailand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1781-1790

  Pannarunothai, Supasit ^a   Mills, Anne ^b  

^a BUDDHACHINARAJ HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity; Health expenditure; Health finance; Private health care; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; URBAN HEALTH;

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; INEQUALITY; PRIVATE HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

THAILAND;

EID: 0030619339     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00287-0     Document Type: Article

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