Health insurance in India: What do we know and why is ethnographic research needed

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 102-124

  Ahlin, Tanja ^a   Nichter, Mark ^b   Pillai, Gopukrishnan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ethnography; Health insurance; Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR); India

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH;

EID: 84958061125     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2015.1135787     Document Type: Article

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