Willingness to pay for voluntary health insurance in Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 54-64

  Kuwawenaruwa, A ^a,b   Macha, J ^a,b   Borghi, J ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84904798818     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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