Preferences for benefit packages for community-based health insurance: An exploratory study in Nigeria

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Onoka, Chima ^a   Uguru, Nkoli ^a   Nnenna, Tasie ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Eze, Soludo ^a   Kirigia, Joses ^b   Petu, Amos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953303570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-162     Document Type: Article

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