Health service use, out-of-pocket payments and catastrophic health expenditure among older people in India: The WHO study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 489-494

  Brinda, Ethel Mary ^a   Kowal, Paul ^b,c   Attermann, Jørn ^a   Enemark, Ulrika ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

INDIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84930669871     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204960     Document Type: Article

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