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; Frank G Feeley

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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

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Frank G Feeley

aDepartment of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

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