Under-the-counter payments for health care: Evidence from Bulgaria

Health Policy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-100

  Delcheva, Evgenia ^a   Balabanova, Dina ^b   McKee, Martin ^b  

^a National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Co payments; Eastern Europe; Health care financing; Informal payments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; INCOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BULGARIA; COST SHARING; FEES, MEDICAL; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS; PUBLIC OPINION; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0030728852     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(97)00061-4     Document Type: Article

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