Demand for medical care in the urban areas of Iran: An empirical investigation

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 849-862

  Kermani, Majid S ^a   Ghaderi, Hossein ^b   Yousefi, Ayoub ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost recovery; Demand for medical care services; Multinomial logit model; User fee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; IRAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

COST SHARING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; IRAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 48249135770     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1308     Document Type: Article

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