Is there a place for the patient in the Ukrainian health care system? Patient payment policies and investment priorities in health care in Ukraine

Society and Economy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-291

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

health care priorities; I11; I18; patient payments; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862132171     PISSN: 15889726     EISSN: 1588970X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/SocEc.34.2012.2.6     Document Type: Article

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