Community health insurance in Uganda: Why does enrolment remain low? A view from beneath

Health Policy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-184

  Basaza, Robert ^a,b   Criel, Bart ^b   Van der Stuyft, Patrick ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community health insurance; Low enrolment; Perception; Trust and Uganda

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; PROCESS DESIGN; TRUST; UGANDA;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEES AND CHARGES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UGANDA;

EID: 45549083371     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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