The health financing transition: A conceptual framework and empirical evidence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-121

  Fan, Victoria Y ^a   Savedoff, William D ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care economics and organizations; Health expenditures; Insurance; Major medical; Out of pocket health expenditures; Politics

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICINE; POLITICS;

AGING; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH FINANCING TRANSITION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUT OF POCKET HEALTH SPENDING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREND STUDY;

HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS AND ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; INSURANCE; MAJOR MEDICAL; OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH EXPENDITURES; POLITICS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84896865329     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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