Community health insurance in Gudalur, India, increases access to hospital care

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-154

  Devadasan, Narayanan ^a,b   Criel, Bart ^c   Van Damme, Wim ^c   Manoharan, S ^d   Sarma, P Sankara ^b   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^c  

^a Institute of Public Health   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Action for Community Organisation   (India)

Author keywords

Access to care; Community health insurance; India; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249154573     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp044     Document Type: Article

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