Social solidarity and willingness to tolerate risk- and income-related cross-subsidies within health insurance: experiences from Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa.

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Published in Health Policy Plan on March 01, 2012

Authors

Jane Goudge1, James Akazili, John Ataguba, August Kuwawenaruwa, Josephine Borghi, Bronwyn Harris, Anne Mills

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa. jane.goudge@gmail.com

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