Catastrophic healthcare payments and impoverishment in the occupied palestinian territory

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 393-405

  Mataria, Awad ^a   Raad, Firas ^b   Abu Zaineh, Mohammad ^a   Donaldson, Cam ^c  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Nutrition and Population   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care services; Out of pocket costs; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; PALESTINE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ARABS; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 78049521220     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11791896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11318200-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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