Out-of-pocket payment for health services: Constraints and implications for government employees in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, South East Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 481-485

  Oyibo, P G ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Constraints; Government employees; Health services; Payment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NIGERIA; OUT OF POCKET PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84861307761     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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