Social health insurance reexamined

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 503-517

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Health financing; Social health insurance

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL INSURANCE;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAXES;

EID: 77951707914     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1492     Document Type: Review

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