An inter-country comparison of unofficial payments: Results of a health sector social audit in the Baltic States

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cockcroft, Anne ^a   Andersson, Neil ^b   Paredes Solís, Sergio ^b   Caldwell, Dawn ^c   Mitchell, Steve ^c   Milne, Deborah ^c   Merhi, Serge ^d   Roche, Melissa ^c   Konceviciute, Elena ^e   Ledogar, Robert J ^f  

^a CIETeurope   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE GUERRERO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales   (South Africa)

^e Specialjuju Tyrimu Tarnyba (STT)   (Lithuania)

^f CIETinternational   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRUST;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIC STATES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TRUST;

EID: 38949121677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-15     Document Type: Article

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