Willingness-to-pay for community-based insurance in Burkina Faso

Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 849-862

  Dong, Hengjin ^a   Kouyate, Bocar ^b   Cairns, John ^c   Mugisha, Frederick ^d   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Nouna Health Research Centre   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Community based health insurance; Contingent valuation method; Health care financing; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURKINA FASO; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0141617387     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.771     Document Type: Article

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