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ArticleGlobal health action2020

Does health insurance contribute to improved utilization of health care services for the elderly in rural Tanzania? A cross-sectional study.

Malale Tungu, Paul Joseph Amani, Anna-Karin Hurtig, Angwara Dennis Kiwara, Mughwira Mwangu, Lars Lindholm, Miguel San Sebastiån

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Article in Global health action, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Malale TunguDepartment of Development Studies, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0002-8821-493X
Paul Joseph AmaniEpidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University , Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5263-3369
Anna-Karin HurtigEpidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University , Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7087-1467
Angwara Dennis KiwaraDepartment of Development Studies, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Mughwira MwanguDepartment of Development Studies, School of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences , Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Lars LindholmEpidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University , Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1633-2179
Miguel San SebastiånEpidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University , Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7234-3510
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences · TZUmeå University · SEMzumbe University · TZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Health ServicesInsurance, HealthAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery of Health CareHumansMiddle AgedTanzaniaaccesscommunity health fundhealth care useolder peopleruralSAGETanzania

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PMID33236698
PMCPMC7717594
OpenAlexW3109715853

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