Targeting the poor in times of crisis: The Indonesian health card

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-199

  Sparrow, Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access; Economic crisis; Indonesia; Outpatient care; Poverty; Price subsidy; Targeting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; INDONESIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 45949091790     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn003     Document Type: Article

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