User fees for public health care services in Hungary: Expectations, experience, and acceptability from the perspectives of different stakeholders

Health Policy

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Baji, Petra ^a,b,c   Pavlova, Milena ^b   Gulácsi, László ^a,c   Groot, Wim ^b  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Center for Public Affairs Studies Foundation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Focus group discussion; Hungary; Interviews; User fees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUNGARY; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 80052790219     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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