The landscape of community health insurance in India: An overview based on 10 case studies

Health Policy

Volumn 78, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 224-234

  Devadasan, Narayanan ^a,d   Ranson, Kent ^b   Van Damme, Wim ^a   Acharya, Akash ^c   Criel, Bart ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Social Studies   (India)

^d SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Community Health Insurance; India; Typology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INDIA; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIETY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33747366712     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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