Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Turkey

Health Policy

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Yardim, Mahmut Saadi ^a   Cilingiroglu, Nesrin ^a   Yardim, Nazan ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Health finance; Health system in Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INCOME; MEDICAL FEE; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BUDGETS; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST SHARING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RISK SHARING, FINANCIAL; RURAL HEALTH; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 70849096253     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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