Out-of-pocket payments on health in Poland: Size, tendency and willingness to pay

Society and Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-271

  Golinowska, Stanisława ^a   Tambor, Marzena ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

I11; I18; informal patient payments; out of pocket payment; Poland; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862116204     PISSN: 15889726     EISSN: 1588970X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/SocEc.34.2012.2.5     Document Type: Article

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