Players and processes behind the national health insurance scheme: A case study of Uganda

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Basaza, Robert K ^a,b   O'Connell, Thomas S ^c   Chapčáková, Ivana ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b International Health Science University   (Uganda)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Context analysis; Health financing; Health insurance; Policy reform; Stakeholder analysis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UGANDA;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UGANDA;

EID: 84884338745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-357     Document Type: Article

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