Ten best resources for conducting financing and benefit incidence analysis in resource-poor settings

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1053-1058

  Wiseman, Virginia ^a,b   Asante, Augustine ^a   Price, Jennifer ^a   Hayen, Andrew ^a   Irava, Wayne ^c   Martins, Joao ^d   Guinness, Lorna ^b   Jan, Stephen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

^c FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^d Universudade Nacional Timor Leste   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefit incidence; financing incidence; health systems financing; progressivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSURANCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84943526817     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu108     Document Type: Article

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