Consumer spending for pharmaceuticals and its implications for health care financing: The case of Kazakhstan

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-55

  Sari, Nazmi ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DRUG USER; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 1642310483     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00128775.2004.11041068     Document Type: Article

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