The effects of different kinds of user fee on prescribing costs in rural Nepal

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 421-427

  Holloway, Kathleen A ^a,b   Gautam, Bharat R ^a   Reeves, Barnaby C ^c,d  

^a Britain Nepal Medical Trust   (Nepal)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL FEE; NEPAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035661056     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/16.4.421     Document Type: Article

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