Determinants of health insurance ownership among South African women

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kirigia, Joses M ^a   Sambo, Luis G ^a   Nganda, Benjamin ^a   Mwabu, Germano M ^b   Chatora, Rufaro ^a   Mwase, Takondwa ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; PREDICTION; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OWNERSHIP; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN;

EID: 18044363641     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-17     Document Type: Article

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