Effect of user charges on secondary level surgical care utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures in Haryana state, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Balasubramanian, Deepak ^a   Prinja, Shankar ^a   Aggarwal, Arun Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SECONDARY CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929224746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125202     Document Type: Article

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