Poverty identification for a pro-poor health insurance scheme in Tanzania: Reliability and multi-level stakeholder perceptions

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kuwawenaruwa, August ^a   Baraka, Jitihada ^a   Ramsey, Kate ^c   Manzi, Fatuma ^a   Bellows, Ben ^d   Borghi, Josephine ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

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

^c Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Consumption expenditure; Insurance; Poverty identification; Tanzania; Wealth index

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORECARD SYSTEM; TANZANIA; WATER SUPPLY; WEALTH INDEX; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTILIZATION;

TANZANIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84949254627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0273-9     Document Type: Article

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