Equity during an economic crisis: Financing of the Argentine health system

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 479-488

  Cavagnero, Eleonora ^a,b   Bilger, Marcel ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Economic crisis; Health care financing; Health care utilization; Income redistribution

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EQUITY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ARGENTINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 77954659988     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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