Researching the public/private mix in health care in a Thai urban area: Methodological approaches

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 234-248

  Pannarunothai, Supasit ^a,b,c   Mills, Anne ^b,d  

^a BUDDHACHINARAJ HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

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

^c Provincial Hospital   (South Africa)

^d Hlth Econ Financing Prog Hlth P

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 0031666528     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/13.3.234     Document Type: Review

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