Health systems strengthening through insurance subsidies: The GFATM experience in Rwanda

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-97

  Kalk, Andreas ^a   Groos, Natalie ^b   Karasi, Jean Claude ^c   Girrbach, Elisabeth ^a  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b Robert Bosch Stiftung   (Germany)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Africa; Financial access; Global Fund; Insurance subsidies; Mutual health insurance; Rwanda; Social health insurance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; GLOBAL ECONOMY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; STAKEHOLDER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; RWANDA; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

RWANDA;

EID: 72349100176     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02424.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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