Determinants of rural Household's willingness to participate in community based health insurance scheme in Edo state, Nigeria

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-102

  Oriakhi, H O ^a   Onemolease, E A ^b  

^a National Health Insurance Scheme   (Nigeria)

^b AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Community base health insurance; Determinants; Edo state; Rural household

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866109970     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2012.11886425     Document Type: Article

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