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Access to care and medicines, burden of health care expenditures, and risk protection: Results from the World Health Survey

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  • Wagner, Anita K.
  • Graves, Amy Johnson
  • Reiss, Sheila K.
  • LeCates, Robert
  • Zhang, Fang
  • Ross-Degnan, Dennis

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We assessed the contribution of health insurance and a functioning public sector to access to care and medicines and household economic burden.

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  • Wagner, Anita K. & Graves, Amy Johnson & Reiss, Sheila K. & LeCates, Robert & Zhang, Fang & Ross-Degnan, Dennis, 2011. "Access to care and medicines, burden of health care expenditures, and risk protection: Results from the World Health Survey," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 100(2), pages 151-158.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:100:y:2011:i:2:p:151-158
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.08.004
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