Are health shocks different? Evidence from a multishock survey in Laos

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 706-718

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   Lindelow, Magnus ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

health; Laos; self reported well being; shocks

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FIVE POINT HEALTH SCALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SHOCK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LAOS; LIVESTOCK; PEST INFESTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; SHOCK; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; FAMILY; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LAOS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84899907671     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2944     Document Type: Review

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