Health insurance benefit packages prioritized by low-income clients in India: Three criteria to estimate effectiveness of choice

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 884-896

  Dror, David Mark ^a   Koren, Ruth ^b   Ost, Alexander ^c   Binnendijk, Erika ^a   Vellakkal, Sukumar ^d   Danis, Marion ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Benefit package design; Health insurance; India; Low income population; Rationing choices

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; LOW INCOME POPULATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; REIMBURSEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; MAHARASHTRA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33846132337     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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