Health care inequities in north india: Role of public sector in universalizing health care

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 421-431

  Prinja, Shankar ^b   Kanavos, Panos ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Equity; Hospitalization expenditure; India; Service utilization; User charges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84867162435     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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