The effect of wealth status on care seeking and health expenditures in Afghanistan

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Steinhardt, Laura C ^a   Waters, Hugh ^a   Rao, Krishna Dipankar ^a   Naeem, Ahmad Jan ^b   Hansen, Peter ^a   Peters, David H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Care seeking; Equity; Health expenditures; Illness; Provider

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; WEALTH STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149124247     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn043     Document Type: Article

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