Utilization and expenditure at public and private facilities in 39 low-income countries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-35

  Saksena, Priyanka ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Elovainio, Riku ^a   Perrot, Jean ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Out of pocket payments; Private sector; Utilization

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DRUG; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BRAZIL; BURKINA FASO; CHAD; CHINA; COMOROS; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; ETHIOPIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GHANA; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; INDIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KENYA; LAOS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALAWI; MALI; MAURITANIA; MOROCCO; MYANMAR; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAKISTAN; PARAGUAY; PHILIPPINES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENEGAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SRI LANKA; SWAZILAND; TUNISIA; UKRAINE; VIET NAM; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; TRANSPORTATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84155170956     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02894.x     Document Type: Article

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