Equity in health care financing: The case of Malaysia

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yu, Chai Ping ^a   Whynes, David K ^b   Sach, Tracey H ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAX;

EID: 47349109641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-7-15     Document Type: Article

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