Feasibility of community-based health insurance in rural tropical Ecuador Factibilidad de un seguro de enfermedad comunitario en una zona rural tropical de Ecuador

OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study was to assess people's willingness to join a community-based health insurance (CHI) model in El Páramo, a rural area in Ecuador, and to determine factors influencing this willingness. A second objective was to identify people's understanding and...

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Main Authors: Martin Eckhardt, Birger Carl Forsberg, Dorothee Wolf, Antonio Crespo-Burgos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2011-03-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892011000300005