Defining informal payments in healthcare: A systematic review

Health Policy

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 105-114

  Cherecheş, Rǎzvan M ^a   Ungureanu, Marius I ^a,b   Sandu, Petru ^a,b   Rus, Ioana A ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Definitions; Health systems; Informal payments; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; FEES, MEDICAL; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876116099     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.01.010     Document Type: Review

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