Informal payments: A side effect of transition or a mechanism for sustaining the illusion of 'free' health care? The experience of four regions in the Russian Federation

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 649-670

  Fotaki, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MARKET TRANSITION; POST-COMMUNISM; SOCIALISM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; USSR;

EID: 76449085781     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279409003274     Document Type: Article

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