Health financing to promote access in low income settings - How much do we know?

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9442, 2004, Pages 1365-1370

  Palmer, Natasha ^a   Mueller, Dirk H ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^a,b   Mills, Anne ^a   Haines, Andy ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COMMUNITY CARE; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 5044226458     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17195-X     Document Type: Review

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