Willingness and ability of Bulgarian consumers to pay for improved public health care services

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1117-1130

  Pavlova, Milena ^a   Groot, Wim ^a,b   Van Merode, Godefridus ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242727961     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000246821     Document Type: Article

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