Out-of-pocket spending on out-patient care in India: Assessment and options based on results from a district level survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Gupta, Indrani ^a   Chowdhury, Samik ^a   Prinja, Shankar ^b   Trivedi, Mayur ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRIVER; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; OUTPATIENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; OUTPATIENTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84995959563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166775     Document Type: Article

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