The impact of filipino micro health-insurance units on income-related equality of access to healthcare

Health Policy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-317

  Dror, David Mark ^a   Koren, Ruth ^b   Steinberg, David Mark ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Health insurance; Income related equality of access; Micro health insurance; Philippines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHILIPPINES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PHILIPPINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745421501     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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