Assessing the elimination of user fees for delivery services in Laos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Boudreaux, Chantelle ^a   Chanthala, Phetdara ^b   Lindelow, Magnus ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DELIVERY; FEE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAOS; MATERNAL WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LAOS;

EID: 84898443471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089784     Document Type: Article

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