Socio-economic and geographic differences in acceptability of community-based health insurance

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 806-808

  Onwujekwe, O ^a   Onoka, C ^a   Uguru, N ^a   Tasie, N ^a   Uzochukwu, B ^a   Kirigia, J ^b   Petu, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NIGERIA; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 81255199250     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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