Coping with out-of-pocket health payments: Empirical evidence from 15 African countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 849-856

  Leive, Adam ^a   Xu, Ke ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MONEY; OUTPATIENT CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICA; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY;

AFRICA;

EID: 55549137077     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.049403     Document Type: Article

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