Improving access for the poorest to public sector health services: Insights from Kirivong Operational Health District in Cambodia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-39

  Jacobs, Bart ^a,c   Price, Neil ^b  

^a Swiss Red Cross   (Cambodia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Kirivong Operational Health District ^*  (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Access; Community; Equity; Health care financing; Local ownership; User fees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESPONSIBILITY; STAFF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 29544436493     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czj001     Document Type: Article

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