Health financing for the poor produces promising short-term effects on utilization and out-of-pocket expenditure: Evidence from Vietnam

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Axelson, Henrik ^a,b   Bales, Sarah ^c   Minh, Pham Duc ^c   Ekman, Björn ^a   Gerdtham, Ulf G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIET NAM;

EID: 67651183975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-20     Document Type: Article

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