Does user fee removal policy provide financial protection from catastrophic health care payments? evidence from Zambia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Masiye, Felix ^a   Kaonga, Oliver ^a   Kirigia, Joses M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; WELLBEING; COST; ECONOMICS; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ZAMBIA;

DEDUCTIBLES AND COINSURANCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEES AND CHARGES; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84958213483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146508     Document Type: Article

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