Informal payments and intra-household allocation of resources for health care in Albania

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tomini, Sonila ^a,b   Groot, Wim ^a,b   Pavlova, Milena ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

extended household; informal payments; Intra household; nuclear household

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALBANIA; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ALBANIA; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84856039912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-17     Document Type: Article

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