Financial Risk Protection and Universal Health Coverage: Evidence and Measurement Challenges

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Saksena, Priyanka ^a,b   Hsu, Justine ^a   Evans, David B ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MEDICAL FEE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; RISK; RISK SHARING, FINANCIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84907959201     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001701     Document Type: Article

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