Private health insurance in developing countries

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 369-379

  Pauly, Mark V ^a   Zweifel, Peter ^b   Scheffler, Richard M ^c   Preker, Alexander S ^d   Bassett, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^e BUPA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; STATISTICS; TAX;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RISK; TAXES;

EID: 33645692262     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.2.369     Document Type: Article

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