Measuring progress towards universal health coverage: With an application to 24 developing countries

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 147-189

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   Cotlear, Daniel ^a   Eozenou, Patrick Hoang Vu ^a   Buisman, Leander R ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equity; Financial protection; Service coverage; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; EQUITY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES; WELFARE PROVISION;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; ETHIOPIA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; INDIA; INDONESIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AFRICA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84960093884     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grv019     Document Type: Article

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