Gifts, bribes and solicitions: Print media and the social construction of informal payments to doctors in Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-530

  Chiu, Yu Chan ^a   Smith, Katherine Clegg ^b   Morlock, Laura ^b   Wissow, Lawrence ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal payment; Media; National health insurance; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDIA INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TAIWAN;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEWSPAPERS; PHYSICIANS; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845872016     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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