The impact of health insurance on outpatient utilization and expenditure: Evidence from one middle-income country using national household survey data

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ekman, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JORDAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 34250807819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-5-6     Document Type: Article

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