Extending social health insurance to the informal sector in Kenya. An assessment of factors affecting demand.

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Published in Int J Health Plann Manage on March 11, 2008

Authors

Inke Mathauer1, Jean-Olivier Schmidt, Maurice Wenyaa

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Systems Financing, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. mathaueri@who.int

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