Private hospital accreditation and inducement of care under the Ghanaian National Insurance Scheme

Health Economics Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Amporfu, Eugenia ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SUPPLIER INDUCED DEMAND; WELFARE;

EID: 84971222750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-1-13     Document Type: Article

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