Estimating health insurance impacts under unobserved heterogeneity: The case of Vietnam's health care fund for the poor

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-208

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial protection; Health insurance; Impact evaluation; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; VIET NAM;

DATA COLLECTION; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 74749089987     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1466     Document Type: Article

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