Universal health coverage in emerging economies: Findings on health care utilization by older adults in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and South Africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Williams, Jennifer Stewart ^d,e   Kowal, Paul ^e,f   Negin, Joel ^g   Snodgrass, James Josh ^h   Yawson, Alfred ⁱ   Minicuci, Nadia ^i,j   Thiele, Liz ^k   Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^a,l   Biritwum, Richard Berko ⁱ   Naidoo, Nirmala ^f   Chatterji, Somnath ^e,f  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^j CNR   (Italy)

^k Independent Consultant   (United States)

^l NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Health care use utilization; Low and middle income; Universal coverage

Indexed keywords

CHINA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIA; INSURANCE; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RUSSIA; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84932132777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25314     Document Type: Article

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