Lack of access to health care for African indigents: A social exclusion perspective

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Soors, Werner ^a   Dkhimi, Fahdi ^a   Criel, Bart ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Africa; Indigence; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIGENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

AFRICA;

AFRICA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84887530757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-91     Document Type: Article

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