Strategies for coping with the costs of inpatient care: A mixed methods study of urban and rural poor in Vadodara District, Gujarat, India

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-338

  Ranson, Michael Kent ^a   Jayaswal, Rupal ^b   Mills, Anne J ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

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

Author keywords

coping strategies; expenditures; Hospitalization; India; insurance; social capital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84862535876     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr044     Document Type: Article

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