Formalizing under-the-table payments to control out-of-pocket hospital expenditures in Cambodia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-208

  Barber, Sarah ^a,d   Bonnet, Frédéric ^b   Bekedam, Henk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Swiss Red Cross   (Laos)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Hospitals; Informal payment; User fees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL FEE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAMBODIA; COST CONTROL; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 3142694775     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czh025     Document Type: Article

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