A health insurance scheme for hospital care in Bwamanda district, Zaire: Lessons and questions after 10 years of functioning

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 654-672

  Criel, Bart ^a   Kegels, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

district health systems; hospital care; moral hazard; research; rural Zaire; voluntary health insurance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL COSTS; INSURANCE SCHEME;

ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RURAL AREA;

BWAMANDA DISTRICT; ZAIRE;

EID: 0030802297     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-349.x     Document Type: Article

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