Dealing with the cost of illness: The experience of four villages in Lao PDR

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-230

  Patcharanarumol, Walaiporn ^a,b   Mills, Anne ^a   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^b  

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

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Coping mechanisms; Cost management; Financial cost of illness; Lao PDR

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL NETWORK; USER FEE; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67649382206     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1549     Document Type: Article

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