Willingness to pay for health insurance among rural and poor persons: Field evidence from seven micro health insurance units in India

Health Policy

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-27

  David Mark, Dror ^a   Radermacher, Ralf ^b   Koren, Ruth ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bidding game; Contingent valuation; Health insurance; India; Low income populations; Micro health insurance; Rural populations; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL POPULATION;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34247275132     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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