Predictors of informal health payments: The example from Turkey

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-396

  Özgen, Hacer ^a   Şahin, Bayram ^a   Belli, Paolo ^b   Tatar, Mehtap ^a   Berman, Peter ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (India)

Author keywords

Health policy; Informal payment; Out of pocket payment; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; INFORMAL HEALTH PAYMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954045130     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-008-9251-8     Document Type: Article

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