Informal payments for health care in the Former Soviet Union: Some evidence from Kazakstan

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-49

  Ensor, Tim ^a   Savelyeva, Larisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Care Consultant   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL STAFF; USSR;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031939347     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/13.1.41     Document Type: Article

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