Measuring improved targeting of health interventions to the poor in the context of a community-randomised trial in rural India

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 382-390

  Morris, Saul S ^a   Ranson, M Kent ^a   Sinha, Tara ^b   Mills, Anne J ^a  

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

^b Self Employed Women's Association   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster randomised trials; Equity; India; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34248508821     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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