Informal patient payments in maternity hospitals in Kiev, Ukraine

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Stepurko, Tetiana ^a,b   Pavlova, Milena ^b   Levenets, Olena ^a   Gryga, Irena ^a   Groot, Wim ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Topinstitute Evidence Based Education Research (TIER)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Health care services; Informal payments; Maternity care; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MATERNAL CARE; PUBLIC ACCESS; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UKRAINE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEGOTIATING; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UKRAINE;

KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

EID: 84878699104     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2155     Document Type: Article

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