Bypassing health providers: The quest for better price and quality of health care in Chad

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 540-549

  Gauthier, Bernard ^a   Wane, Waly ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of health care markets; Chad; Health systems; Individual demand; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CHAD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

CHAD;

EID: 80051790648     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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