Reducing out-of-pocket expenditures to reduce poverty: A disaggregated analysis at rural-urban and state level in India

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-128

  Garg, Charu C ^a   Karan, Anup K ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Equity; Household surveys; Impoverishment; India; Out of pocket expenditures

Indexed keywords

DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 60249089704     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn046     Document Type: Article

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