Gender gap in parents' financing strategy for hospitalization of their children: Evidence from india

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-279

  Asfaw, Abay ^a   Lamanna, Francesca ^b,c   Klasen, Stephan ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender discrimination; Health care finance; Hospitalization; India

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SEXISM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; PARENTS; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76149104587     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1468     Document Type: Article

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