The differences in characteristics between health-care users and non-users: Implication for introducing community-based health insurance in Burkina Faso

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Dong, Hengjin ^a,c   Gbangou, Adjima ^b   De Allegri, Manuela ^a   Pokhrel, Subhash ^c   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Community based health insurance; Demand; Health services; Price elasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SELF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 38349038151     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0031-4     Document Type: Article

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