Universal health coverage in 'One ASEAN': Are migrants included?

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Guinto, Ramon Lorenzo Luis R ^a   Curran, Ufara Zuwasti ^b   Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong ^c,d   Pocock, Nicola S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

ASEAN; Health financing; Migrant health; Migrant workers; Southeast Asia; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INSURANCE; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84930676650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.25749     Document Type: Article

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