Can community health insurance schemes shield the poor against the downside health effects of economic reforms? The case of rural Ethiopia

Health Policy

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-108

  Asfaw, Abay ^a   Braun, Joachim Von ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health insurance schemes; Double bounded dichotomous choice format; Economic reforms; Ethiopia; I12; I18; I19; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 4143141966     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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