## Abstract Equal access for poor populations to health services is a comprehensive objective for any health reform. The Colombian health reform addressed this issue through a segmented progressive social health insurance approach. The strategy was to assure universal coverage expanding the populat
Health, Health Insurance, and Decision to Exit from Farming
โ Scribed by Kuo-Liang Chang; George L. Langelett; Andrew W. Waugh
- Book ID
- 106384020
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 324 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-3475
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