Between a rock and a hard place: The question of money at St. Petersburg women's clinics

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 357-377

  Larivaara, Meri ^a   Dubikaytis, Tatiana ^b   Kuznetsova, Olga ^b   Hemminki, Elina ^b  

^a Stakes   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MARKET; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ECONOMICS; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

GYNECOLOGY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RUSSIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 46249105041     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.38.2.h     Document Type: Article

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