Constraints to universal coverage: Inequities in health service use and expenditures for different health conditions and providers

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Onoka, Chima ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Hanson, Kara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economic burden; expenditures; Health seeking; inequities

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EQUITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYPERTENSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALARIA; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

NIGERIA;

EID: 81055127594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-50     Document Type: Article

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