Can health insurance improve access to quality care for the Indian poor?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-486

  Michielsen, Joris ^a   Criel, Bart ^b   Devadasan, Narayanan ^c   Soors, Werner ^b   Wouters, Edwin ^a   Meulemans, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Institute of Public Health   (India)

Author keywords

Access to care; Community health insurance; Health insurance; India; Quality improvement; Realist review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; EMPOWERMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOLOGY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79960536578     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr025     Document Type: Article

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