Willingness to pay for community-based health insurance in Nigeria: Do economic status and place of residence matter?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-161

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a,b   Okereke, Ekechi ^a,b   Onoka, Chima ^a,b   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a,b   Kirigia, Joses ^c   Petu, Amos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b University of Nigeria Enugu Campus   (Nigeria)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community based health insurance; Contingent valuation; Equity; Nigeria; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NIGERIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77249151432     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp046     Document Type: Article

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