Health policy for the poor: An exploration on the take-up of means-tested health benefits in Turkey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-106

  Erus, Burcay ^a   Yakut Cakar, Burcu ^b   Cali, Sanda ^c   Adaman, Fikret ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Access to health; Health policy; Out of pocket expenditures; Take up rate; Turkey

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY; UTILIZATION;

TURKEY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84922757991     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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