Informal payments for health care in transition economies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-246

  Ensor, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Informal payments; Rent Seeking; Unofficial Health Care Markets

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; HEALTH CARE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL FEE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REDUCTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL;

EID: 0242361177     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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