Determinants of household health expenditure on western institutional health care

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-207

  Su, Tin Tin ^a   Pokhrel, Subhash ^b   Gbangou, Adjima ^c   Flessa, Steffen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Developing countries; Health expenditure; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BURKINA FASO; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750079233     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0354-1     Document Type: Article

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