User fees, self-selection and the poor in Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-58

  Thomas, Stephen ^a,b,d   Killingsworth, James R ^a,b,e   Acharya, Shambhu ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (Bangladesh)

^b Maxwell Stamp PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c South East Asia Regional Office   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e c/o British High Commission ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL FEE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BANGLADESH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEES, MEDICAL; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031891558     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/13.1.50     Document Type: Article

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