How do patient characteristics influence informal payments for inpatient and outpatient health care in Albania: Results of logit and OLS models using Albanian LSMS 2005

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tomini, Sonila ^a,b   Maarse, Hans ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Albania; economic transition; governance; informal payments; Public health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBANIA; AMBULATORY CARE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956191909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-375     Document Type: Article

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