The role of community-based organizations in household ability to pay for health care in Kilifi District, Kenya

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 381-392

  Molyneux, Catherine ^a,e   Hutchison, Beryl ^b   Chuma, Jane ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^c,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ability to pay; Community financing; Community based organizations; Illness; Micro finance; Social relations; Trust; User fees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KENYA;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36248949232     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czm031     Document Type: Article

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