Poverty, out-of-pocket payments and access to health care: Evidence from Tajikistan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-258

  Falkingham, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health financing; Informal payments; Poverty; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; POVERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAJIKISTAN;

TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 0242298217     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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