User charges in health care: Evidence of effect on service utilization & equity from north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 868-876

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

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

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access the health care; Demand side cost sharing; Equity; Health system research; India; Service utilization; User charges

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MEASLES VACCINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84872071285     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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