Health insurance coverage in jamaica: Multivariate analyses using two cross-sectional survey data for 2002 and 2007

International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 195-213

  Bourne, Paul Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Health; Health insurance; Health status; Jamaica; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953475247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18404529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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