Differential willingness of household heads to pay community-based health insurance premia for themselves and other household members

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-126

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Nouna Health Research Centre   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BURKINA FASO; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MALE;

EID: 1542572714     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czh014     Document Type: Article

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