Exploring corruption in the South African health sector

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 239-249

  Rispel, Laetitia C ^a   Jager, Pieter De ^b,c   Fonn, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c National Institute for Occupational Health Johannesburg   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corruption; Governance; Health systems; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LAW; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; SOUTH AFRICA; FRAUD; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

FRAUD; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84964661073     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv047     Document Type: Article

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