Empirical studies on informal patient payments for health care services: A systematic and critical review of research methods and instruments

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stepurko, Tetiana ^a,b   Pavlova, Milena ^b   Gryga, Irena ^a   Groot, Wim ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UKRAINE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UKRAINE;

EID: 77956593405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-273     Document Type: Article

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