Health economics in low income countries: Adapting to the reality of the unofficial economy

Health Policy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Ensor, Tim ^a   Witter, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health economics; Low income countries; Unofficial markets; Unofficial payments

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARKET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; REVIEW;

EID: 0035034051     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(01)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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