The impact of the introduction of user fees at a district hospital in Cambodia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 310-321

  Jacobs, Bart ^a   Price, Neil ^b  

^a Enfants and Développement   (Cambodia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Health financing; Poverty; Private sector; User fees

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; CAMBODIA; CASE MIX; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DENGUE; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SALARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 4344602449     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czh036     Document Type: Review

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