Demand for voluntary health insurance in developing countries: The case of Vietnam's school-age children and adolescent student health insurance program

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2074-2082

  Nguyen, Ha ^a   Knowles, James ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Independent Researcher   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Demand for health insurance; Developing countries; Social health insurance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; STUDENT;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

VIET NAM;

EID: 78649442718     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.033     Document Type: Article

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