Understanding consumers' preferences and decision to enrol in community-based health insurance in rural West Africa

Health Policy

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-71

  De Allegri, Manuela ^a   Sanon, Mamadou ^b   Bridges, John ^a   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Nouna Health Research Centre   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Community based health insurance; Consumers' preferences; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL AREA; SATISFACTION; TRIANGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 32644476086     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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