Informal payments and intra-household allocation of resources for health care in Albania
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Informal payments and intra-household allocation of resources for health care in Albania
BACKGROUND Informal payments for health care services can impose financial hardship on households. Many studies have found that the position within the household can influence the decision on how much is spent on each household member. This study analyses the intra-household differences in spending on informal payments for health care services by comparing the resources allocated between househ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-17