Assessing the reliability of household expenditure data: Results of the World Health Survey

Health Policy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-305

  Xu, Ke ^a   Ravndal, Frode ^b   Evans, David B ^a   Carrin, Guy ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Fourth Hurdle ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health expenditure; Household expenditure; Household survey; World Health Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF LIVING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

FOOD; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67650427603     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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