Health insurance and health-seeking behavior: Evidence from a randomized community-based insurance rollout in rural Burkina Faso

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 595-603

  Robyn, Paul Jacob ^a   Fink, Günther ^b   Sié, Ali ^c   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Behavioral change; Burkina Faso; Health insurance; Health seeking behavior; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INSURANCE SYSTEM; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84862628924     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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