Catastrophic payments for health care among households in urban Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-184

  Vaishnavi, Salem Deenadayalan ^a   Dash, Umakant ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Health cost burden; India

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HYGIENE; MORBIDITY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; USER FEE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 67649366057     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1554     Document Type: Article

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