The Socioeconomic and Institutional Determinants of Participation in India's Health Insurance Scheme for the Poor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Nandi, Arindam ^a   Ashok, Ashvin ^a   Laxminarayan, Ramanan ^a,b  

^a Center for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84879261961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066296     Document Type: Article

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