What determines healthcare utilization and related out-of-pocket expenditures in Tajikistan? Lessons from a national survey

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-266

  Habibov, Nazim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Health policy; Inequality; Poverty; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INSURANCE; TAJIKISTAN;

AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAJIKISTAN; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 68949096497     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-8044-2     Document Type: Article

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