Health shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa: are the poor and uninsured households more vulnerable?
Abstract Background In developing countries, health shock is one of the most common idiosyncratic income shock and the main reason why households fall into poverty. Empirical research has shown that in these countries, households are unable to access formal insurance markets in order to insure their...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Health Economics Review |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13561-018-0210-x |