Beliefs about informal payments in Albania
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Beliefs about informal payments in Albania.
Informal payments for health care are a growing concern in Albania and other transitional economy countries. Recent international studies have shown that informal payments can have negative effects on health care access, equity and health status by causing people to forgo or delay seeking care, or sell assets to pay for care. Many countries are putting in place reforms meant to reduce informal ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czl022