Bribery in health care in Uganda

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-707

  Hunt, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bribery; Corruption; Governance; Health care

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BRIBERY; CORRUPTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UGANDA; ADULT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FEE; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 77956186073     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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