Demand for outpatient healthcare: Empirical findings from rural India

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 265-277

  Sarma, Sisira ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MONEY; OUTPATIENT CARE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73549094700     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03256160     Document Type: Article

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