What factors affect voluntary uptake of community-based health insurance schemes in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Dror, David Mark ^a,b,g   Shahed Hossain, S A ^c   Majumdar, Atanu ^a   Koehlmoos, Tracey Lynn Pérez ^d   John, Denny ^e   Panda, Pradeep Kumar ^f  

^a Micro Insurance Academy   (India)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f International Institute of Health Management Research   (India)

^g NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH INSURANCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUST; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; META ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, ECONOMIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84990236927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160479     Document Type: Review

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