Reassessing catastrophic health-care payments with a Nigerian case study

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 309-326

  Ataguba, John Ele Ojo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCOME; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NIGERIA;

EID: 84863803121     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133110000356     Document Type: Article

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