Why do people drop out of community-based health insurance? Findings from an exploratory household survey in Senegal

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-88

  Mladovsky, Philipa ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based health insurance; Cross sectional survey; Drop out; Insurance coverage; Participation; Senegal

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACCOUNTABILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOGISTICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH INSURANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

SENEGAL;

COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH INSURANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY; DROP-OUT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; PARTICIPATION; SENEGAL;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896984162     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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