Inequalities in health care use and expenditures: Empirical data from eight developing countries and countries in transition

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-65

  Makinen, M ^a   Waters, H ^b   Rauch, M ^c   Almagambetova, N ^d   Bitran, R ^e   Gilson, L ^f   Mclntyre, D ^g   Pannarunothai, S ^h   Prieto, A L ⁱ   Ubilla, G ^j   Ram, S ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kazakhstan School of Public Health   (Kazakhstan)

^e Bitran Asociados   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

ⁱ NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^j Aluminum Association Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

Health expenditures; Health policy; Health services accessibility; Patient acceptance of health care; Social justice

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; JUSTICE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EXPENDITURES; FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INEQUALITIES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POLICY; PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNICAL REPORT;

DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 0033968055     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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