Modelling the effectiveness of financing policies to address underutilization of children's health services in Nepal

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 338-344

  Pokhrel, Subhash ^a   Hidayat, Budi ^a   Flessa, Steffen ^a   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child health services economics utilization; Fees and charges; Financing, Organized; Health policy; Health services needs and demand economics; Nepal

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NEPAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEPAL; POVERTY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 18944376083     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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