Understanding CBHI hospitalisation patterns: A comparison of insured and uninsured women in Gujarat, India

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Desai, Sapna ^a,b   Sinha, Tara ^b   Mahal, Ajay ^c   Cousens, Simon ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Self Employed Women's Association   (India)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based health insurance; Female; Health insurance; Hospitalization; Hysterectomy; India; Treatment seeking behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INSURANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904774336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-320     Document Type: Article

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