Health and vulnerability to poverty in Ghana: Evidence from the Ghana living standards survey round 5

Health Economics Review

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Novignon, Jacob ^a   Nonvignon, Justice ^b   Mussa, Richard ^c   Chiwaula, Levison S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Ghana; Health status; Poverty; Vulnerability to poverty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; GENDER; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WELFARE;

EID: 84971277102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-2-11     Document Type: Article

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