Out-of-pocket payments, health care access and utilisation in south-eastern Nigeria: A gender perspective

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Onah, Michael N ^a   Govender, Veloshnee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NIGERIA; OUT-OF-POCKET PAYMENT; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84899635954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093887     Document Type: Article

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