Can the rural poor in India afford to treat non-communicable diseases

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1376-1385

  Binnendijk, Erika ^a   Koren, Ruth ^b   Dror, David M ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Micro Insurance Academy   (India)

Author keywords

Health financing; India; Low income population; Non communicable diseases; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORBIDITY; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASES; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

ENFERMEDADES NO TRANSMISIBLES; FINANCEMENT DE LA SANTÉ; FINANCIACIÓN DE LA SALUD; HEALTH FINANCING; INDE; INDIA; LOW-INCOME POPULATION; MALADIES NON TRANSMISSIBLES; MILIEU RURAL; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; POBLACIÓN CON INGRESOS BAJOS; POPULATION À FAIBLES REVENUS; RURAL;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL POPULATION;

BIHAR; INDIA; ORISSA;

EID: 84867919213     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03070.x     Document Type: Article

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