Factors that affect the uptake of community-based health insurance in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Adebayo, Esther F ^a   Ataguba, John E ^a   Uthman, Olalekan A ^b,c,d   Okwundu, Charles I ^d   Lamont, Kim T ^e   Wiysonge, Charles S ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CASE STUDY; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84896830688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004167     Document Type: Article

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