Health insurance coverage and health care access in Moldova

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 204-212

  Richardson, Erica ^a   Roberts, Bayard ^a   Sava, Valeriu ^b   Menon, Rekha ^c   McKee, Martin ^a  

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

^b Ministry of Health of Moldova   (Moldova)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

access; Health insurance; health services; Moldova

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLDOVA; NEWBORN; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MOLDOVA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860131557     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr024     Document Type: Article

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