Financial access to health care in Karuzi, Burundi: A household-survey based performance evaluation

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lambert Evans, Sophie ^a   Ponsar, Frederique ^a   Reid, Tony ^a   Bachy, Catherine ^a   Van Herp, Michel ^a   Philips, Mit ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURUNDI; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 72449164912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-36     Document Type: Article

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