Health insurance in Singapore: Who's not included and why?

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-405

  Joshi, V D ^a   Lim, J F Y ^a  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Affordability; Health insurance; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; RISK-TAKING; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79951490772     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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