Who pays for health care in Asia?

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 460-475

  O'Donnell, Owen ^a   van Doorslaer, Eddy ^b   Rannan Eliya, Ravi P ^c   Somanathan, Aparnaa ^c   Adhikari, Shiva Raj ^d   Akkazieva, Baktygul ^e   Harbianto, Deni ^f   Garg, Charu C ^g   Hanvoravongchai, Piya ^h   Herrin, Alejandro N ⁱ   Huq, Mohammed N ^j   Ibragimova, Shamsia ^k   Karan, Anup ^l   Kwon, Soon man ^m   Leung, Gabriel M ⁿ   Lu, Jui fen Rachel ^o   Ohkusa, Yasushi ^p   Pande, Badri Raj ^d   Racelis, Rachel ⁱ   Tin, Keith ⁿ   Tisayaticom, Kanjana ^h   Trisnantoro, Laksono ^f   Wan, Quan ^q   Yang, Bong Min ^m   Zhao, Yuxin ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Health Policy   (Sri Lanka)

^d Nepal Health Economics Association   (Nepal)

^e WHO Health Policy Analysis Project   (Kyrgyzstan)

^f GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h International Health Policy Program   (Thailand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^j JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^k National Statistical Committee   (Kyrgyzstan)

^l Institute for Human Development   (India)

^m Seoul National University   (South Korea)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^o CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^p OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q National Health Economics Institute   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Asia; Equity; Health care financing; Progressivity

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; TAX SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INCOME; SOCIAL INSURANCE; TAX;

ASIA; COST SHARING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 40849145514     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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