Does HIV services decentralization protect against the risk of catastrophic health expenditures? Some lessons from Cameroon

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2029-2056

  Boyer, Sylvie ^a,b   Abu Zaineh, Mohammad ^a,b   Blanche, Jérôme ^a,b   Loubière, Sandrine ^a,b   Bonono, Renée Cécile ^c   Moatti, Jean Paul ^a,b   Ventelou, Bruno ^a,b,d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Burundi   (Cameroon)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Catastrophic health expenditures; decentralization; HIV treatment; multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE;

ADULT; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855177348     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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