Distressed financing of household out-of-pocket health care payments in India: Incidence and correlates

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 728-741

  Joe, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

health care financing; India; intersectional approach out of pocket payments; Sources of financing

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84937433256     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu050     Document Type: Article

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