Treatment seeking and health financing in selected poor urban neighbourhoods in India, Indonesia and Thailand

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-57

  Seeberg, Jens ^a   Pannarunothai, Supasit ^b   Padmawati, Retna Siwi ^c   Trisnantoro, Laksono ^c   Barua, Nupur ^d   Pandav, Chandrakant S ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d British High Commission ^*  (India)

^e GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Health finance; Health seeking; India; Indonesia; Inequity; Poor urban neighbourhoods; Thailand; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

BHUBANESWAR; DELHI; INDIA; INDONESIA; NEW DELHI; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; ODISHA; PHITSANULOK; THAILAND; YOGYAKARTA;

HEALTH FINANCE; HEALTH SEEKING; INDIA; INDONESIA; INEQUITY; POOR URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS; THAILAND; UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THAILAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894285202     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.039     Document Type: Article

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