Equity in community health insurance schemes: Evidence and lessons from Armenia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-216

  Polonsky, Jonny ^a   Balabanova, Dina ^a   McPake, Barbara ^b   Poletti, Timothy ^c   Vyas, Seema ^a   Ghazaryan, Olga ^d   Yanni, Mohga Kamal ^d  

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

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Permanent Mission of Ethiopia   (Switzerland)

^d Oxfam House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armenia; Community based health insurance; Equity; Former Soviet Union; Health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ARMENIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 65349137028     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp001     Document Type: Article

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