Implementing a Participatory Model of Micro Health Insurance among Rural Poor with Evidence from Nepal
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Implementing a Participatory Model of Micro Health Insurance among Rural Poor with Evidence from Nepal David M. Dror, Atanu Majumdar, Pradeep Panda, Denny John and Ruth Koren Micro Insurance Academy, 52B Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-3, New Delhi 110020, India. Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Health Policy and Management, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] Tel Aviv University, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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