Informal payments in the health sector: A case study from Turkey

Health Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1029-1039

  Tatar, Mehtap ^a   Özgen, Hacer ^b   Sahin, Bayram ^b   Belli, Paolo ^c   Berman, Peter ^d,e  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Health Care Management ^*

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (India)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 34548316810     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1029     Document Type: Article

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