Private health insurance in India: Evaluating emerging business models

Journal of Health Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-417

  Thomas, K T ^a   Sakthi Vel, R ^b  

^a KARPAGAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Business models; Health insurance; India health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055147058     PISSN: 09720634     EISSN: 09730729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097206341101300403     Document Type: Article

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