Title: The inequitable impacts of health shocks on the uninsured in Namibia : the potential for low-cost health insurance schemes to protect the poor

Authors: Gustafsson-Wright, Emily and Janssens, Wendy and Gaag, Jacques van der

Place: [Oxford

Publisher: University of Oxford. Department of economics. Centre for the study of African economies (CSAE)]

Year: 2010

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health economics, health insurance, namibia

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between health expenditures/shocks and access to health insurance for the purpose of initiating a policy discussion about the potential impacts of a unique subsidized low-cost private health insurance program in Namibia.

URL: https://academic.oup.com/heapol/article/26/2/142/591601

Document type: E-article