The inability to pay for health services in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence from six countries

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 378-385

  Tambor, Marzena ^a,b   Pavlova, Milena ^b   Rechel, Bernd ^c,d   Golinowska, Stanisława ^a   Sowada, Christoph ^a   Groot, Wim ^b,e  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84901684556     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt118     Document Type: Article

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