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Inequitable Access to Health Care by the Poor in Community-Based Health Insurance Programs: A Review of Studies From Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Chukwuemeka A Umeh and Frank G Feeley
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2017, 5(2):299-314; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00286
Chukwuemeka A Umeh
aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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vol. 5 no. 2 299-314
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00286
PubMed 
28655804

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2169-575X
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  • Received: September 5, 2016
  • Accepted: May 9, 2017
  • Published online June 27, 2017.

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  1. Chukwuemeka A Umeha⇑,
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  1. aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  1. Correspondence to Chukwuemeka A Umeh (emmyumeh{at}bu.edu).
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